blockwork
Stacked masonry units
Blockwork is construction made from concrete blocks or similar masonry units, as distinct from brickwork or poured concrete.
The term appears in British building contexts more than American: The contractor finished the blockwork before the rain came.
It can also refer to the craft or trade of laying such blocks.
Fired clay building units
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
- cementCalcium powder binding agent
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
- layingPutting down horizontally
courses · bonding · jointing · scaffold · bricklayer · mason · level · chisel
Deceptive outward appearance
- structuralRelating to building framework
- load-bearingSustaining structural mass
- modularMade of separable units
- geometricRelating to mathematical shapes
brutalism · modernism · cladding · fenestration · lintel · spandrel · aesthetic · volumetric
Secure ground position
- baseSupporting bottom structure
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- supportTo uphold or sustain
groundwork · underpinning · anchorage · substructure · reinforcement · basement · plinth
V-shaped diagonal weave
- basketweaveInterlaced strip pattern
- coursedMoved swiftly along
- staggeredShocked or unevenly spaced
- quoinAngled masonry block
bricks
Fired clay building units
laying · courses · bonding · jointing · scaffold · bricklayer · mason · level · chisel · hoist
facade
Deceptive outward appearance
- structuralRelating to building framework
- load-bearingSustaining structural mass
- modularMade of separable units
geometric · brutalism · modernism · cladding · fenestration · lintel · spandrel · aesthetic · volumetric · infill
footing
Secure ground position
- baseSupporting bottom structure
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- stabilityResistance to displacement
support · groundwork · underpinning · anchorage · substructure · reinforcement · basement · plinth
herringbone
V-shaped diagonal weave
- basketweaveInterlaced strip pattern
- coursedMoved swiftly along
- staggeredShocked or unevenly spaced
quoin · decorative · textured · exposed
blockworktimber framing
Construction using joined heavy wood
steel framing · stonework · brickwork · adobe · log construction
blockworktimber frame
Wooden structural skeleton
steel frame · steel construction · curtain wall · glass facade
work, block, workshop, blocked, blocking, blockage, blocks, blockhead, workman