brickwork

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These schemes commonly used external wall insulation, which involves fixing insulation boards to the exterior brickwork and then applying render to make it waterproof.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

Under a microscope, most of the heart cockle's shell has a layered structure, with thin plates of aragonite stacked in different orientations, "kind of like fancy brickwork," McCoy said.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

The city designations mean that Stonewall’s current owners can’t alter the building’s brickwork or flower boxes or signage without permission from the Landmarks commissioners.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2024

Severe damp in classrooms, crumbling brickwork, mould on children’s toys, holes in the ceilings, and mice infestations.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2024

She dried them with her sleeves, and combed her hair, trying to imagine her face in the brickwork.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan