Available in various materials, sizes, and designs, interlocking bricks offer a sustainable and cost-effective alternative, with prices starting at sh2000 a piece and above.

If you look at the pattern of colonial buildings even in Lagos, they have a large compound and hardly concrete all the space but leave large areas for flowers, trees and the like.

A prolific writer and author, Smith published Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavements (2017) and Patios, Driveways and Plazas: The Pattern Language of Concrete Pavers (2002).

The global market for Interlocking Concrete Pavers was valued at US$18.0 Billion in 2024 and is projected to reach US$21.3 Billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 2.8% from 2024 to 2030.

The resulting project has 44,000 sq. ft. of Belgard Aqualine 80 mm 4.5-in. by 9-in. permeable pavers mechanically installed in a herringbone pattern by Unit Paving of Charlotte.

Much to my surprise, I found a concrete mortar bed under the tile. I’m assuming I must remove the mortar and add more wood sub-flooring on top of the existing plywood subfloor.

The asymmetric, overlapping patterns of the panels will form geometric designs that will be carved to reference local wooden window shutters. London-based Steven Chilton Architects used generative ...