Recent Examples on the WebIn addition to that, the entire roof was replaced, all the windows were restored, storm windows were added, and a large chunk of the brickwork was repaired.—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 4 Apr. 2024 Safety concerns forced the hotel to close for a second time in the 1980s until the improvements were made after the turn of the century.
Visitors today can stay in one of 12 rooms, many with original wallpaper, exposed brickwork and more.—Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2024 Additionally, preserved brickwork and other fragments of flooring were located inside the ruins.—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024 The architect Philip Johnson covered the small guesthouse on his property in New Canaan, Conn., in Flemish-bond brickwork.—Suleman Anaya, New York Times, 3 May 2024 Too many houses in rural areas stand empty and deteriorating: windows boarded up, yards littered with junk, brickwork greening with algae.—Dennis Zhou, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024 Others could only lay an unusual type of brick or could only lay one particular brickwork pattern.—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024 Sides of stone buildings, distant brickwork, walls of glass that faced south toward the sun, all gleamed with a transfixing brilliance.—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024 Plazas and courtyards contain feathery mesquite and blue-green palo verde trees and employ brickwork that blends with the buildings themselves.—Sam Lubell, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
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