Description:
The durability of clay brick and the beauty of ceramic glazes have been
combined for millennia to provide accents, highlights and entire facades of
many iconic buildings of distinction and prominence. Today, brick coated
with glazes and engobes continue to provide and extend the palette of brick
colors and textures beyond the traditional, and provide the almost unlimited
variety in aesthetics that designers expect. This program will familiarize
designers with the manufacturing processes, design capabilities, material
characteristics and installation practices for glazed and surface coated brick
that provide superior performance in a wide variety of building applications
from subways and schools to prisons and palaces.
Learning Objectives:
- Compare physical property requirements and characteristics of ASTM standards for glazed and surface coated brick.
- Identify applications that are enhanced by the benefits of glazed and surface coated brick, as well as applications for which they may be inappropriate.
- Apply design, specification and installation best practices that promote optimal appearance and durability performance of glazed and surface coated brick.
- Discuss enhanced water management strategies that are unique to glazed brick assemblies.
Credit:
1 AIA LU/HSW
AIA Course GGGLZ22
Format: 1-hr in-person
