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These brick buildings required a lot of upkeep and frequent painting. But for the cost of three paint jobs, Formstone could be applied to the building’s exterior and eliminate much of the effort to maintain the exterior brick. [8] Example of Formstone in the Little Italy neighborhood in Baltimore
Clinker brick closeup of bricks in the so-called Clinker building on Barrow street in Greenwich Village, New York City. Dutch bricks (clinkers) found at Topsham Museum. Imported between 1660 and 1710, they were used for finer details such as fireplaces. They can be seen in many buildings in Topsham and are sometimes used in boundary walls.
Flemish bond brickwork on the Ludwell–Paradise House. Flemish bond is a pattern of brickwork that is a common feature in Georgian architecture. The pattern features bricks laid lengthwise (stretchers) alternating with bricks laid with their shorter ends exposed (headers) within the same courses. This decorative pattern can be accented by ...
gray brick: parts of the building of brick, parts of stone and de mixed parts: Douai: Templer's House founded in 1155: changes in the 19th century: ↓: Our Lady's Church 12th–15th centuries: shells of the vaults and part of the interior sides of the walls of brick; outside all is of sandstone: Dunkirk: Belfry ↑: Saint-Eloi Church
Surprisingly, only five percent of the estimated 200 gingerbread houses were partially or fully collapsed, in contrast to about 300,000 collapsed buildings which were 40% of all other structures. This left U.S. conservation experts to believe that this architecture can be a model for seismic-resistant structures for the future.
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Polychrome brickwork also became popular in Europe in the later 19th century as part of the various medieval and Romanesque revivals. In France, the Menier Chocolate Factory in Noisiel, designed by Jules Saulnier and completed in 1872, is an early and very elaborate example, which is also noted for its early use of iron structure.