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  2. Clinker brick - Wikipedia

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    A piece of vitrified brick. Clinker bricks are partially- vitrified bricks used in the construction of buildings . Clinker bricks are produced when wet clay bricks are exposed to excessive heat during the firing process, sintering the surface of the brick and forming a shiny, dark-colored coating. [ 1] [ 2][ 3] Clinker bricks have a blackened ...

  3. Roman brick - Wikipedia

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    Roman bricks in the Jewry Wall, Leicester. The 20th-century bracing arch in the background utilises modern bricks. Roman brick is a type of brick used in ancient Roman architecture and spread by the Romans to the lands they conquered, or a modern adaptation inspired by the ancient prototypes. Both types are characteristically longer and flatter ...

  4. Glass brick - Wikipedia

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    Glass brick. Glass brick, also known as glass block, is an architectural element made from glass. The appearance of glass blocks can vary in color, size, texture and form. Glass bricks provide visual obscuration while admitting light. The modern glass block was developed from pre-existing prism lighting principles in the early 1900s to provide ...

  5. Pavers (flooring) - Wikipedia

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    Pavers (flooring) A paver is a paving stone, tile, [ 1] brick [ 2] or brick-like piece of concrete commonly used as exterior flooring. They are generally placed on top of a foundation which is made of layers of compacted stone and sand. The pavers are placed in the desired pattern and the space between pavers is then filled with a polymeric sand.

  6. Brickwork - Wikipedia

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    A "face brick" is a higher-quality brick, designed for use in visible external surfaces in face-work, as opposed to a "filler brick" for internal parts of the wall, or where the surface is to be covered with stucco or a similar coating, or where the filler bricks will be concealed by other bricks (in structures more than two bricks thick).

  7. Iznik pottery - Wikipedia

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    Iznik pottery. Iznik pottery, or Iznik ware, named after the town of İznik in Anatolia where it was made, is a decorated ceramic that was produced from the last quarter of the 15th century until the end of the 17th century. Turkish stylization is a reflection of Chinese porcelain. [1]

  8. Accrington brick - Wikipedia

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    Accrington bricks, or Nori, [1] are a type of iron-hard engineering brick, produced in Altham near Accrington, Lancashire, England from 1887 to 2008 and again from 2015. [2] They were famed for their strength, and were used for the foundations of the Blackpool Tower and the Empire State Building .

  9. Glazed architectural terra-cotta - Wikipedia

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    Glazed architectural terra-cotta offered a modular, varied and relatively inexpensive approach to wall and floor construction. It was particularly adaptable to vigorous and rich ornamental detailing. It was created by Luca della Robbia (1400–1482), and was used in most of his works. Terra-cotta is an enriched molded clay brick or block.

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