Practically in my own backyard, I was delighted to find out that the Old Brick House still existed and I couldn’t wait to tour it. Soon after the discovery, my oldest child Forrest and I drove to the ...

The Thayer Brick House sits on a leafy street in Evanston, a college town just north of Chicago.Designed for an investment banker, the dwelling occupies a slender, rectangular lot bordered by more ...

SALISBURY — Four two-story columns, long absent from the front of the 1820 Fulton-Mock-Blackmer House at 112 S. Fulton St., are back. Contractor Al Wilson and his crew set and braced the columns ...

Four sculptural, brick columns frame this small extension to a Georgian terrace in north London, designed by local practice Urban Mesh for the firm's director, James Beazer. Named Twist House, the ...

Bedroom detail of the Brick House in 2023, with Fortuny wall covering and columns inspired by Sir John Soane’s house in London. The restoration, which opens May 2, has preserved these details ...

When her house was built, plastic vapor barriers for walls had yet to be invented. As I’ve mentioned in past columns, an excellent solution is to use whitewash — not paint — to coat the brick.

Brick veneer columns add to the traditional-style Alden’s look of secure permanence. The one on the left is truly a column, supporting and accenting the porch. What looks like another ...