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brick veneer
noun
A building construction technique in which an external, non-structural, brick wall conceals a structural wall of another material (such as timber or steel).
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Perhaps the most common use is brick veneer on wood frame dwellings.
Examples of facing materials are face brick, terra-cotta, brick veneer, sculptured brick, glazed brick and tile, and decorative brick.
Mr. Aldriedge used a variety of colors and materials: on the street side, a brick veneer, elsewhere, stucco and wood.
A wide variety of interior and exterior surfacing materials could be applied to the frame, including timber siding, stucco, and brick veneer.
In addition, the builders used brick veneer instead of brick and failed to install a marble lobby floor and name-brand fixtures described in the prospectus.
It's an aluminum-frame box with a brick veneer, meant to visually get across a cartoon idea that this is a plantation house, and therefore a dignified building — you know, with a dignified activity, banking, going on".
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Residential buildings range from stone and brick structures that are centuries old to modern condominium and apartment developments in concrete and steel, often covered in brick veneers.
Brick veneers are commonplace in modern building construction.
However, for in-plane loads building codes assign brick veneers as nonparticipating elements.
Typical examples are masonry walls, brick veneers, tiled roofing systems and slated roofing systems.
This study exploits an analytical method to examine the in-plane coupling between brick veneers and concrete masonry shear walls.
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