Bricks are versatile and long-lasting building materials that combine technical and aesthetic qualities. In a variety of shapes, dimensions, textures, and colors –depending on the manufacturing ...
A terracotta slab architectural element. The slab is roughly rectangular shaped and is composed of three layers: a black painted, fired, red clay slab face; an aggregate layer of crushed bricks and ...
Materials engineers at MIT have created the carbon fiber equivalent of Lego bricks or K'Nex -- interlocking carbon fiber blocks that can be formed into large structures that are 10 times stiffer than ...