Bricks and blocks. AJ Focus 12.89

Publication Year

1989

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Describes a craft approach to brick detailing and concrete blockwork, using a sheltered housing scheme in Welwyn Garden City designed by RMJM and a courtyard office in London's King's Road by Barrett Lloyd Davis Associates as case studies. Also includes design data, cost data, and a product review covering structural brickwork, facing brickwork as cladding, decorative brickwork, special shaped bricks, improved thermal insulation requirements, standards, new innovations in concrete masonry, thermal performance of concrete blocks and developments in construction methods.

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