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  2. Marshalsea - Wikipedia

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    A local library now stands on the site. All that is left of the Marshalsea is the long brick wall that marked its southern boundary, the existence of what Dickens called "the crowding ghosts of many miserable years" recalled only by a plaque from the local council. "[I]t is gone now," he wrote, "and the world is none the worse without it." [8]

  3. Distressing - Wikipedia

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    A table given a distressed finish, with a historical paint colour, edges that have been sanded down to expose the wood, and vintage hardware attached to the drawers. Distressing (or weathered look) in the decorative arts is the activity of making a piece of furniture or object appear aged and older, giving it a "weathered look".

  4. 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).

  5. Brick - Wikipedia

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    A brick is a type of construction material used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term brick denotes a unit primarily composed of clay , but is now also used informally to denote units made of other materials or other chemically cured construction blocks.

  6. Glass brick - Wikipedia

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    Glass block wall in Chicago. Glass blocks can provide light and serve as a decorative addition to an architectural structure, but hollow glass blocks are non load-bearing unless stated otherwise. Hollow glass wall blocks are manufactured as two separate halves and, while the glass is still molten, the two pieces are pressed together and annealed.

  7. Brick Expressionism - Wikipedia

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    Brick Expressionism developed at the same time as the "New Objectivity" of Bauhaus architecture.But whereas the Bauhaus architects argued for the removal of all decorative elements, or ornaments, expressionist architects developed a distinctive form or ornamentation, often using rough, angular or pointy elements.

  8. Lego Brick Sketches - Wikipedia

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    Lego Brick Sketches (stylized as LEGO BRICK SKETCHES) is a Lego theme that recreates iconic characters as stylised portraits. It was first introduced in June 2020. Following the launch of Lego DOTS, a theme mainly targeted towards children, the Lego Brick Sketches theme is the first bas-relief portraits concept to be launched by the Lego Group.

  9. Another Brick in the Wall - Wikipedia

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    Following a violent breakdown in "Part 3", Pink dismisses everyone he knows as "just bricks in the wall." [2] [3] Bassist Roger Waters wrote "Part 2" as a protest against rigid schooling, particularly boarding schools. [4] "Another Brick in the Wall" appears in the film based on the album. In the "Part 2" sequence, children enter a school and ...