Let’s play Spot The Difference, urban edition. You’re on West 47th Street in Hell’s Kitchen, a Manhattan neighborhood known for its industrial vibe. Like much of the area, the street is lined with ...

Editor’s note: This story is an update of one that ran in 2009. Read the original here. One of mankind’s oldest building materials is brick. Before they shaped stone with tools, our ancestors dried ...

A building’s façade is much more than a pretty face. Exterior cladding plays a dual role as the architecture’s primary aesthetic and the building envelope’s first layer, making it one of the most ...

When a building material makes it possible for structures to last literally for centuries, as fired clay brick does, it’s not surprising that it would come to be associated with tradition. It only ...

Quincey Reese Sunday, March 10, 2024 12:01 a.m. | Sunday, March 10, 2024 12:01 a.m. Keith Harmon estimates he has more than 200 pounds of Lego bricks in his Penn Township home. In February, the ...