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running bond

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running bond [′rən·iŋ ¦bänd]
(civil engineering)
A masonry bond involving the placing of each brick as a stretcher and overlapping the bricks in adjoining courses.

stretcher bond, running bond, stretching bond
stretcher bond
In masonry, a bond in which bricks or stones are laid lengthwise; all courses are laid as


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Sometimes a contemporary patio design can be created from a pattern that is based on something traditional, such as the running bond pattern that has been staggered by breaks between the rows and deviated into more angular linear movements.
Lavish bathrooms feature walnut vanities with Carrera marble vanity tops, ceramic tile floors, white running bond ceramic tile walls and polished chrome fixtures.
Similarly, the repetitive modules of the building skin, precisely laid up in running bond, are not merely a human construct but also a canvas on which nature is at work, rendering ambiguous the boundary between the real and representation, and between nature and the artifact.
 
 
 
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