Masonry Design Magazine

The Alhambra

Words: Cass Stern

High above Granada, Spain, the Alhambra offers masonry professionals something more than an architectural landmark. It is a working lesson in how relatively simple building materials, placed by skilled craftsmen and maintained over generations, can create

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The Alhambra

Features

Brick Staining Dos and Don'ts: Managing Modern and Historic Masonry Construction
Words: Jennifer Gill

Every mason contractor has encountered it, or will. A replacement brick arrives from a different production run. A cast stone repair patch or perhaps a darker panel stands out against the surrounding installation. Mortar color varies unexpectedly. A clea

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Gables Republic Square / Hotel ZaZa is a 24-story mixed-use boutique hotel and urban residential tower with street-level retail located on a 0.75-acre site in downtown Austin. Camarata Masonry Systems, Ltd. (CMS) was responsible for the supply and instal
Gables Republic Square & Hotel ZaZa
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There is a unique phenomenon in construction: the human eye can spot an out-of-plumb wall from 50 yards away across a crowded job site. We might not always be able to explain the exact mathematical deviation without a laser level, but our brains instantly
The Science of a Straight Line: Why Masonry’s Smallest Decisions Make the Biggest Differences
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