Bricklayer
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A bricklayer, which is related to but different from a mason, is a craftsperson and tradesperson who lays bricks to construct brickwork. The terms also refer to personnel who use blocks to construct b
Bricklayer apprentice practising at Kuben Vocational Arena in Oslo, Norway
A team of bricklayers preparing to lay courses of bricks (1917)
Stonemasonry
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Stonemasonry, also called stonework or stonecraft, is the creation of buildings, structures, and sculpture using stone as the primary material. Stonemasonry is the craft of shaping and arranging stone
Bricklayer
…blocks to construct blockwork walls and other forms of masonry. In British and Australian English, a bricklayer is colloquially known as a "brickie". A stone mason is one who lays any combination of stones, cinder blocks, and bricks in the construction of building walls and other works. Bricklaying is a part of…
Gobekli Tepe, early monumental Neolithic stonemasonry using flint-carved limestone columns (~9500 BCE)
12th-century stonemasonry at Angkor Wat
Diamond-wire saw in use for quarrying marble
Stonemason working with medieval tools