brickwork

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Under a microscope, most of the heart cockle's shell has a layered structure, with thin plates of aragonite stacked in different orientations, "kind of like fancy brickwork," McCoy said.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

Robbie Mitchell, a reference assistant at the library, said that inside the passageway you could see the brickwork of the library's lower levels and the bridge’s stonework.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2024

The city designations mean that Stonewall’s current owners can’t alter the building’s brickwork or flower boxes or signage without permission from the Landmarks commissioners.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2024

"This is a mastic joint, it allows the building to contract and expand," Colin says as he pulls it out of brickwork on the roof.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024

An impacted welter of metal and brickwork and timber so thick that it’s hard to believe twenty men could get through.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr