As a civil engineer, I am very sure a brick wall is not designed to stop a car’s momentum, as bricks and cement are considered non-structural items. Already a subscriber? Log in.

135 S. LaSalle’s conversion, based on a design by SCB (formerly Solomon Cordwell Buenz), is expected to start later this year and is the biggest job in the LaSalle Street Reimagined portfolio ...

Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government announced a unilateral partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts as the country's official death toll rose to 1,644.

Bengal's Architectural Heritage From Sultanate To Mughal Era: In conversation with Professor Perween Hasan, distinguished historian and expert on architecture of the Indian subcontinent ...

Bugs bite into new project: The old Masonic lodge in Brownsville gets a makeover. What's in it for the community? “We're doing some work on the outside facade and a couple of other items, but we ...

The staff of the Dashoguz Reinforced Concrete Plant of the Ministry of Industry and Construction Production of Turkmenistan is mastering the production of expanded clay. It will be produced at the ...

These types of buildings suffer from a lack of structural walls and pillars relative to their size and can be found all over Taiwan, Chiang said. About 9.19 million properties are registered as ...

Segments of brick near the ground level were also laid in soldier course to add visual variety to the structure’s exterior. Curved glazing was specified for the corner window, which takes ...

Masonry students installed a reinforced block wall with window openings and horizontal joint reinforcements to tooth the concrete masonry into an existing wall system. The team installed bond-beam ...

In 1890, he enlisted John Nash of Ellensburg and designer William Burrows to build the reinforced brick structure on Main Street. It served as a saloon and billiard hall on the first floor and ...