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   grpphoto | Apr 05, 2007 06:00am | #1

   You're probably seeing "row houses". The brick wall is common with the house next door. It's a good firestop.

   George Patterson

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   WayneL5 | Apr 05, 2007 06:11am | #2

   I don't know that is has a name, because when the buildings were originally built the brick would not have been exposed, it would have been covered in plaster.  It was not an intentional style.

   But now I'd call it "industrial" or "loft" or simply "exposed brick".

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   Jeff_Clarke | Apr 05, 2007 08:25am | #3

   "What type architecture design is this?"

   I'd call it Uninsulated ;o)

   Jeff

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   fingersandtoes | Apr 07, 2007 12:13pm | #4

   Loadbearing brick was used in most North American cities up until the 1950s or so. As others have pointed out, if you see brick exposed, its usually the party wall between units. The width of the wall was usually one of the first building codes items that cities brought in, typically after a major fire. In Montreal it is 18". My Mother, who lived in a typical row house there, first met her neighbour when his head appeared through a hole in her kitchen wall. He was installing some recessed shelving and had excavated a bit too deep.

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   Danno | Apr 07, 2007 02:24pm | #5

   Like others said, it's more that the building was oringinally part of a block of buildings and brick was used to stop fire from spreading. (I've seen buildings with sometheing called "Pyrobar"--blocks about 16" x 12" laid up in mortar. At any rate, leaving it exposed I would call "neuvo cutesy poo". Some brick is okay--lots of people like it and the cruder and more poorly laid the better. Whatever floats (or ballasts) your boat!

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   Jer | Apr 07, 2007 02:50pm | #6

   Exposed brick inside homes was always around but became real popular in the 60's and 70's. I started working in the trades when I was living in Brooklyn NY in the 70's in one of the old row house neighborhoods. As stated in the above posts, the row homes have a common wall of brick which was always plastered in the traditional manner. It seemed that every job I went in to do, the people had or wanted at least one wall of exposed brick.

   I don't think it had any real design name to it. People seemed to like the rustic unfinished look and the warmth of the color.

   One thing's for sure, it was a pain to expose and clean up and it could be very messy if you didn't seal it with something to hold in the crumbling soft brick and mortar. The stuff is real crap and was never meant to be a finished surface, the same way with a lot of older trim work which was always meant to be painted and not exposed.

   Some brick in the more modern homes was always meant to be exposed and is harder, tighter and more clean.

   I personally dont like the look.