Concrete and Masonry

Three building systems, each with its own advantages, combine to create a traditional-looking Washington homeby Jill Fuerstneau Sousa

In New Mexico, owners pitch in to create an up-to-date home with old-world charmby Carolyn Arcure

Stone and concrete walls built flat on the ground and craned into place are fast and maintenance-free, if unconventionalby Thomas J. Elpel

by Matthew Scolforo

Save your mortar for pointing, bed your stones in concrete, and remember there's no substitute for gravityby Stephen Kennedy