Introduction. -- The history of brick. -- Brick design. -- Materials and construction methods. -- Glossary. -- Bibliography. -- Index. -- Acknowledgements.

Brickwork is first major study of this versatile throughout history and around the world. It traces the long and remarkable story of the many uses of brick; surveys the myriad designs possible in brick architecture; and details designs of brick fabrication, its properties, and the ways in which bricks are actually held together in building.