Masonry construction is one of the oldest methods of creating built structures. However, the brick wall has changed considerably since the first fired clay bricks were laid nearly 8,000 years ago. To ...

The English word "joint" has many different meanings, not only in the medical, political and social realms, but also in the world of architecture. A joint, and specifically the masonry mortar joint, ...

Along with shelf angles, vertical and horizontal expansion joints are used to separate the masonry wall into segments and thereby prevent cracking. As dissimilar materials in the assembly change in ...