Privacy, safety, security—these are only a few of the reasons that homeowners build solid, durable garden walls. Although it’s immensely satisfying to construct ...

I remember my college move-in day like it was yesterday. I got my room assignment, marched up the stairs, opened the door, and was disappointingly greeted with four walls of uninviting cinder blocks.

Exposed cinder block walls aren’t something the typical house-proud Brooklynite brags about. But the Gowanus pad of architect Philippe Baumann elevates common things — cement, weeds, cinder block — ...

Cinder blocks are everywhere. You see them on the exteriors of homes and commercial buildings, as barriers for landscapes, even on the side of the freeway as a security wall. But arguably the best ...

DEAR TIM: I live in a very common home here in Florida. Most are built from concrete block. Twenty years ago, a room was added to the home and the rear exterior concrete block wall became an interior ...

All schools have a tornado safety plan in which they bring the kids to a designated interior hallway, usually made of cinder block walls that can protect them. But at Dekalb West School, they’ve built ...