Brickwork

Brickwork is masonry produced by a bricklayer, using bricks and mortar. Typically, rows of bricks—called courses— are laid on top of one another to build up a structure such as a brick wall.Double Flemish bond of one brick's thickness: overhead sections of alternate (odd and even) courses, and side elevationOverhead sections of alternate (odd and even) courses of single Flemish bond of one and a half bricks' thicknessOverhead plans of alternate (odd and even) courses of double Flemish bond of one and a half bricks' thicknessOverhead sections of alternate (odd and even) courses of double Flemish bond of two bricks' thicknessOverhead sections of alternate (odd and even) courses of double Flemish bond of two and a half bricks' thicknessOverhead sections of alternate (odd and even) courses of double Flemish bond of three bricks' thicknessOverhead plan for alternate courses of monk bond of one brick's thicknessEnglish bondEnglish cross bondDouble English cross bondOverhead plan for alternate courses of English bond of one brick's thicknessOverhead plan for alternate courses of English bond of one and a half bricks' thicknessOverhead plan for alternate courses of English bond of two bricks' thicknessA raking English garden wall bondScottish bondAmerican bondHeader bondStretcher bondA raking stretcher bondFlemish stretcher bondRat-trap bondSingle basket weave bondDouble basket weave bond90° herringbone bond45° herringbone bondPinwheel bondDella Robbia bondFlemish diagonal bond Brickwork is masonry produced by a bricklayer, using bricks and mortar. Typically, rows of bricks—called courses— are laid on top of one another to build up a structure such as a brick wall. Bricks may be differentiated from blocks by size. For example, in the UK a brick is defined as a unit having dimensions less than 337.5x225x112.5mm and a block is defined as a unit having one or more dimensions greater than the largest possible brick. Brick is a popular medium for constructing buildings, and examples of brickwork are found through history as far back as the Bronze Age. The fired-brick faces of the ziggurat of ancient Dur-Kurigalzu in Iraq date from around 1400 BC, and the brick buildings of ancient Mohenjo-daro in Pakistan were built around 2600 BC. Much older examples of brickwork made with dried (but not fired) bricks may be found in such ancient locations as Jericho in Judea, Çatal Hüyük in Anatolia, and Mehrgarh in Pakistan. These structures have survived from the Stone Age to the present day.