The German-language reader comprises over 40 texts on urban development from the past 100 years. For this book on the basic principles of urban planning and development, members of the Deutsche...
The new Terca Eco-Brick facing bricks from Wienerberger are only 65 mm wide, the clay building materials manufacturer announces. This also results in interesting advantages for architects, planners...
A record number of 789 projects from 53 countries has been submitted to the Brick Award 22. The 10th Brick Award has had the highest number of entries in its history, demonstrating the...
Shortages of raw materials, rising material costs and debates about sustainable buildings dominate the German construction industry. More than ever, building materials of various types and origins are...
There is an enormously high demand for grey bricks both in private housing and in commercial construction. But unfortunately, the manufacturing process is quite elaborate, requiring firing of the...
Ergoldsbacher Level RSThe new smooth tile in clinker quality, the Ergoldsbacher Level RS, is already the third „specialist“ from Erlus for flat roof pitches, according to the company. The angular...
At the end of September, this year‘s annual meeting of the Arbeitskreis Baufachpresse took place in Münster. The 60th anniversary of the professional association was celebrated, and the election of a...
The Stichting Technisch Centrum voor de Keramische Industrie (TCKI), an international technical centre for the ceramics industry, has confirmed the high quality of Sooneck clay. Sooneck clay is...
Jungk brickworks was founded in 1862 and developed by a five generations to a major brickworks in Europe. Having stepped down from management of the company, senior director Ernst K. Jungk has...
The path to the front door leads over a refreshingly colourful, varied clinker pavement - and if you‘re not careful, you could easily walk up the wall: Using a 50-year-old brick building as a base,...
2022 will be a special year for ZSM Maschinen & Metallbau GmbH. Twenty years ago, the company was founded in Wernstein, Upper Austria. It started off by hiring a workshop for its production. Since...
A team from ROTHO Metall- und Elektrowerke is currently working on the renewal of the dryer front at the brick manufacturer Lücking. A first section at the Warburg/Paderborn plant has already been...
Dear readers,We live in exciting times that have brought many changes, especially in the last two years, including here in this editorial office. After joining Bauverlag as editor in September 2020 to...
At the beginning of November, the members of the Brick Research Association met for their annual conference in Berlin. Rainer Berentelg, Chairman of the Board of the FGZ, expressed his pleasure at...
In the debate on sustainable construction, grey energy, i.e. covering the entire emissions from production, maintenance and deconstruction, is playing an increasingly important role. A lifecycle...
On 21 and 22 September, the Brick and Tile Research Institute in Essen updated around 50 attendees from Germany and several neighbouring countries with information in numerous papers on the central...
In October, the Association of the Bavarian Brick and Tile Industry (BZV), the Builders‘ Guild for the district of Traunstein-Berchtesgadener Land and Association of the Bavarian Building Industry...
At this year’s Annual Meeting in Berlin, the members of the Federal Association of the German Brick and Tile Industry (BVZi) appeared optimistic and combative. President Stefan Jungk saw the industry...
On account of Corona, this year’s TBE General Assembly (Tiles and Bricks Europe) was held as a virtual event, too, at the end of September 2021.In 2020-2021, the European Commission was actively...
Currently the Dutch industry for bricks, rooftiles and wall and floor tiles faces many challanges on decarbonisation, while simultaniously being confronted with continious increased emission reduction...
Studio Boltshauser students under the direction of visiting professor Roger Boltshauser planned an almost nine-metre-high tower made of rammed earth for the Cham Brickworks Museum at the Technical...
On 1.11.2020, the “Buildings Energy Act” (GEG) came into effect in Germany. The fact that the provisions had not been tightened any further should not have come as a surprise as this had already been...
Laying pavers in a mortar bed with a fixed joint offers planners and architects very special design and application possibilities. However, the bonded construction of pavers makes special demands on...
The model example of the conversion of Gut Maarhausen, a country estate, shows how heritage-sympathetic refurbishment can succeed from design to realization. “Here, despite the conflicting priorities...
For the twelfth time, Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich, a machine engineering company, joined up with ECREF European Centre for Refractories gem. GmbH to present the Gustav Eirich Award (GEA) at the...
