Brick, stone, and terra-cotta ... They’re like the florid terra-cotta shields that adorn the spandrels of the arches at 176-180 Grand Street and imply a spurious aristocratic connection.

A keystone is the wedge at the top of an arch upon which all the other components lean. Keystones are usually masonry in either cut stone, cast stone or brick. The key design feature is the last ...

For more than 100 years, the arches at the Indiana Masonic Home in Franklin have been a well-loved symbol of the community.

‘Each brick was hand cut and finished and bonded to a steel frame to form each stepped layer of the arch over curved glazing, to create an illusion of floating heaviness,’ say the architects. ‘These ...