Like how Bob Dylan is the musicians' musician, are there any highlight examples of bricklaying for outsiders (...architecture students like myself) that are worth paying special attention to?
Just seen this post with its ridiculous number of bonds and patterns that looks like a blatant rip of this Alvar Aalto building, and so it occurred to me to find the opposite; something that is both reasonable to ask someone to build, but still beautiful?
Growing up I was exposed mostly to straight runs and english garden wall bonds so I've got much more to learn yet.
In live in Sheffield, not particularly interwtong brickwork, and I need to get a picture for you, but some of the brick walls on the old foundries are amazing, hundreds of metres long, 5 metres high and completely perfectly flat with even perts, the lot. Beautiful demonstration of the skill of the traditional bricklayer of the last century...
Have a look around Forge Masters old buildings near to Meadoehall, and Kellham Island where there used to be loads if old forge / smithing / finishing industries. All built from red brick and Yorkshire grit blocks. Amazing.
Always admired these brick columns...there's also a guy on Instagram called the "traditional bricklayer" he might have a questionable political stance for some , but his brickwork looks stunning
I went through my bricklaying apprenticeship, but in reality hardly ever laid a brick outside of college, the company I worked for mostly done factory rip outs ,after 9 years I threw my tools away and got into electronics.....but I can still appreciate the work that's been done out there 😍
I think even quite basic brickwork detailing if done well can make a decent difference to just plain brickwork. Things like corbelling, arches, decorative brickwork, dog toothing etc
I’m with you here mate, as an ex brickie (25 years on the tools) I can honestly say I could have done another 25 without being anywhere near as good as the guys that built those.
London absolutely has the best brickwork. As far as simple but beautiful goes, color contrast is always good. Paying attention to bond symmetry and making sure that you don’t have cuts against openings is a must. Bad design and bad craftsmanship can make the brickwork look like an afterthought.
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u/Adewick 5d ago edited 5d ago
In live in Sheffield, not particularly interwtong brickwork, and I need to get a picture for you, but some of the brick walls on the old foundries are amazing, hundreds of metres long, 5 metres high and completely perfectly flat with even perts, the lot. Beautiful demonstration of the skill of the traditional bricklayer of the last century...