MASONRY, STONE, & CONCRETE PART 4 BLOCK

MASONRY, STONE, & CONCRETE

PART 4 – BLOCK

Joseph T Wunderlich PhD

One of the last exterior load-bearing-

masonry skyscrapers

- Walls very thick, to carry load

Also an internal iron frame structure

bracing of exterior walls [1]

Daniel H. Burnham & John Welborn Root

Monadnock Building

Chicago 1891

CMU (Concrete Masonry Units) – i.e., Concrete Blocks

Wunderlich Pennsylvania Residence, 2000’s

Masonry, Stone, and Concrete CMU

CMU (Concrete Masonry Units)

Use LINE BLOCKS to keep each

COURSE of CMU’s LEVEL and

FLUSH as wall is built

Wunderlich Pennsylvania Residence

Masonry, Stone, and Concrete CMU

Wunderlich Pennsylvania Residence

Masonry, Stone, and Concrete CMU

MORTAR

Wunderlich Pennsylvania Residence

Joseph John Wunderlich in Photo

Masonry, Stone, and Concrete CMU

“BUTTRESSED” 1877 Farmhouse with REINFORCED MASONRY

also ensured new structure added minimal load to old

Wunderlich Pennsylvania Residence

Masonry, Stone, and Concrete CMU

BUTTRESSED and UNDERPINNED

Wunderlich Pennsylvania Residence

Masonry, Stone, and Concrete CMU

Masonry, Stone, and Concrete CMU

Masonry, Stone, and Concrete CMU

COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION

Typically STEEL

Masonry, Stone, and Concrete CMU

RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

Typically WOOD

Masonry, Stone, and Concrete CMU

European version of U.S.A. CMU

JT and Joseph John Wunderlich in Mons Belgium 2014

Masonry, Stone, and Concrete CMU

European version of U.S.A. CMU

JT and Joseph John Wunderlich in Mons Belgium 2014

Masonry, Stone, and Concrete GLASS BLOCK

Masonry, Stone, and Concrete GLASS BLOCK

Masonry, Stone, and Concrete GLASS BLOCK

Masonry, Stone, and Concrete GLASS BLOCK

Masonry, Stone, and Concrete GLASS BLOCK

Building Block by Block

Using a Game for fun

And to rapidly prototype

Architecture

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Masonry, Stone, and Concrete

Building Block by Block

Using a Game for fun

And rapidly prototype architecture

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