Photo: Vaida Savickaite For SJB architecture director Adam Haddow, bricks hold an inherent warmth that helps to create a sense of intimacy often lacking in concrete buildings. “The nice thing ...

Hiatus. That’s a funny sounding word, isn’t it? How is it defined? Simply, it is a break in a series. You’ve heard it used for television show schedules. It also has references to geology ...

All the action from the second test between the Black Caps and Sri Lanka at Galle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka. “A lot of days are like that in test cricket,” Glenn Phillips said ...

I grew up in Pentecostal churches, marked by emotion, speaking in tongues, and often strict rules against television and dancing. Some were so dogmatic that one slip–up - swearing or lipstick ...

There's much to enjoy about the retirement years - and you don't need a million dollars to do so. Photo / 123rf Q: I quit my job to look after my terminally ill husband. I am 62 years old. We have ...

Hempcrete, a bio-based building material, has emerged as a sustainable alternative to traditional bricks and concrete, both of which contribute significantly to environmental degradation. Composed of ...

Sometimes, even despite attentive maintenance and care, brick masonry fireplaces amass a fair amount soot, mildew, and efflorescence that cumulatively dates a modern home. While a teardown of this ...

This water-based low-VOC high-solids sealer can be applied to unsealed interior or exterior surfaces of vertical and horizontal concrete, brick, pavers, flagstone, and slate. Indeed, the U.S ...

Below is a lightly edited transcript of the audio piece: Nicholas Kristof: Usually column writing is a one-way street, and we pontificate and tell the world what we think. Instead, today I’ve ...

Subscribe for FREE In mechanical testing, a single glass brick withstood pressures similar to that of a concrete block. As a structural demonstration, the researchers constructed a wall of ...

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