Masonry Design Magazine

Masonry in the Media: Casa Azul, Chapultepec Castle, & More

Words: Lily Burger

A film’s settings can take viewers to new locations, all from the comfort of their own home. It immerses them in the scenes, whether they take place in an opera house in Brazil or a grand mansion in Mexico City. Explore how these Latin American masonry ma

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Features

The Thirty-Year Mason: Ergonomics as a Retention Strategy
Words: Shayne Sanders

In most industry circles, the conversation around the labor shortage follows a predictable script: How do we find the next generation of masons? While recruitment is vital, we often overlook the most valuable asset already on the job site: the experienced

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You’ve been around long enough to know this already: stone doesn’t fail on the face; it fails behind the wall. You can lay the prettiest veneer in the county, but if the prep is junk, that wall’s gonna start telling on you after a couple of winters.

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The Behind-the-Wall Secrets Every Mason Already Knows (But Some Ignore)
If you've been around masonry construction long enough, you know the shelf angle is one of those details that’s easy to take for granted. It’s been used the same way for decades, set it at the slab edge, support the veneer, move on. But as building requir
Rethinking Shelf Angle Design for High-Performance Masonry Walls

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