The product of five years of research, Thompson’s Patterned Brick Architecture of West New Jersey was published in 2023 by the South Jersey Culture & History Center at Stockton University.

A continuous layer of insulating boards is fixed to the outside walls with adhesive and mechanical fixings, then coated with render or another finish such as brick slips, tiles or timber cladding. If ...

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Cladding systems can lower energy consumption and reduce carbon footprints through better thermal insulation, reducing heating and cooling demand. Materials of high recycled content can reduce waste, ...

Yes wood burns, but the challenges stem from ‘how’ it burns, how it loses strength under the action of heat, where it is in the building, what’s attached to it, how it is used to form walls, ceilings ...

Another topic up for discussion: the wood cladding. Byrnes liked sharper, more angled paneling, while Mandelbaum favored the softer scalloped version. So, Franz clad the walls with both — the ...

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This solution is neatly expressed in the plan view, with stepped brick walls tucked beneath the overhanging roof and only two bedrooms peeping out from underneath the CLT structure. In addition to the ...