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2. Ashlar - Wikipedia

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   Ashlar (/ ˈ æ ʃ l ər /) is a cut and dressed stone, worked using a chisel to achieve a specific form, typically rectangular in shape. The term can also refer to a structure built from such stones. [1] Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, and is generally rectangular . It was described by Vitruvius as opus isodomum or trapezoidal.

3. Inca architecture - Wikipedia

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   Ashlar masonry was used in the most sacred, elite Incan structures; for example, the Acllawasi ("House of the Chosen Woman"), the Coricancha ("Golden Enclosure") in Cuzco, and the Sun Temple at Machu Picchu. Thus it seems that ashlar may have been more greatly valued by the Inca, perhaps considered more difficult than polygonal ("pillow-faced ...

4. Rustication (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   Two adjacent vermiculated blocks showing rather different interpretations of the pattern. The most common variation of rustication is the smooth-faced, where the external face of the block is smooth, as in ashlar, and differs from that only by the cutting in at the joints; this became increasingly popular, and is now the most commonly seen type.

5. Rubble masonry - Wikipedia

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   Section of wall faced with dressed stone with rubble masonry fill The wall at Grave Circle A, Helladic cemetery of Mycenae, Greece, 16th century BCE Rubble masonry core of the unfinished Alai Minar in the Qutb complex, India, c. 1316 CE

6. Ablaq - Wikipedia

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   The ablaq decorative technique is thought to possibly be a derivative from the ancient Byzantine Empire, whose architecture used alternate sequential runs of light colored ashlar stone and darker colored orange brick. [3] The first clearly recorded use of ablaq masonry is found in repairs to the north wall of the Great Mosque of Damascus in ...

7. How these 9 Memphis historic buildings are coming back to life

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   The historic Ashlar Hall dates back to 1896, and is getting new life as an event venue. Developer Juan Montoya purchased the property in 2016 for $59,000 and has been working on restoring the ...