Because the material brick is very cheap, so the low-storey masonry structure can be found everywhere.

The aesthetic standards,application value and future prospects of ceramic tiles in modern architecture and environmental art are described in the paper.

According to the features of southern Fujian,and combined with the reinforcement principles of ancient architecture,it discusses the reinforcement strategies of ancient architecture in southern Fujian from the wooden structure reinforcement and block stone structure reinforcement.

Application and numerical analysis of rectification for masonry pagoda by holes drilling and soften;

In light of the features of deviation rectification technologies for masonry pagodas,this paper makes analysis on the selection of deviation rectification schemes for masonry pagodas,probes into the applicability of different deviation rectification technologies to ancient pagodas,and at the same time,Probes into the deviation mechanism of Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi an,.

To carry on the effective seismic protection for the extant national cultural relic-masonry pagoda,with the earthquake damage rule,the study on the seismic performance of Xingjiao pagoda in Xi an,Shaanxi Province has been done by mode-superposition method.

This paper proposes the seismic appraisal method for ancient masonry pagodas by macro check and quantitative evaluation based on the specific requirements of cultural relic protection and influence factors on structural seismic behaviors.

The paper expounds several reinforcing methods of arch bridges made of brick and stone on the basis of several arch bridges.

Since the Mongolian Empire s conquest of Eurasia in the 13th century brought an unprecedented grand occasion for the cultural interflow between China and foreign countries along the Silk Roads, a sudden change in the evolution of Chinese brick and stone vaulted buildings took place.