Beautiful Brick: The Tallest, Largest and Loveliest Brick Structures in the World

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TALLEST,THE BIGGEST, AND LOVELIEST
BEAUTIFUL BRICK
BRICK STRUCTURES IN THE WORLD

Brick: It's one of the oldest building materials in
the world, and one of the most versatile. It's been
used to create homes, workplaces, places of
worship and buildings of industry for countless
centuries, and will doubtless be used for many
years to come.
Here we present to you some of the most
amazing things ever built with brick!

The Largest Brick Building in the World:
Albi Cathedral
Properly called the Cathedral Basilica
of Saint Cecilia, this stunning building
in southern France was first built as a
fortress in 1287 and was under
construction for nearly 200 years until
its completion in 1480!
Despite its age, it's thought to be the
largest brick building in the world,
rising to 78 metres in height, with a
length of 113.5 metres and a width of
35 metres. It is also designated as a
UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Tallest Brick Building in the World:
The Chrysler Building
Strictly speaking, this is
the largest brick building
with a steel skeleton
inside; this gives it the
structural integrity it
needs to support its
sheer weight.
Rising to 282 metres to
the top of the roof and
319 metres to the very
top of the spire, it's
undoubtedly an integral
part of the New York
skyline.
The Chrysler Building was
completed in 1930 and
held the title of “tallest
building in the world” for a
mere eleven months until
the Empire State Building
surpassed it.
3,826,000 bricks were
manually laid to create the
non-loadbearing walls of
the structure, and thanks
to its spire it was the first
man-made structure to
stand taller than a
thousand feet (305
metres).

Tallest Brick Structure in the World:
The Anaconda Smelter Stack
To America now; Montana, to be
precise. Standing at 178.3m high,
this enormous chimney is the largest
brickwork structure in the world, and
possibly the largest free standing
masonry structure too.
Although the furnaces which once
vented fumes through the stack are
long gone, the chimney remains
thanks to a campaign by locals, and
is now at the centre of the Anaconda
Smoke Stack State Park.

Tallest Brick Tower in the World:
St Martin's Church, Landshut
The tallest brick tower in the
world without any steel
structural support, rising to a
height of 130.6 metres.
Construction of the church
took 110 years – and half of
that time was spent just on
building the tower.
It was finally completed and
designated as a place of
worship in the year 1500.

Largest Brick Bridge in the World:
Göltzsch Viaduct, Germany
This railway bridge, which carries two lines across the valley of the Göltzsch River, was
constructed between 1846 and 1851. It's the largest brick-built bridge in the world, with a
total length of 574 metres, a height of 78 metres, and a width varying between 9 metres
at the top and 23 metres at the foot. At the time of its inauguration, it was also the tallest
bridge in the world.
To produce the 26,021,000 bricks used in the bridge, nearly 20 brickyards along the line
worked to produce 50,000 bricks a day.

The Most Beautiful Buildings in the World
Naturally, when it comes to beauty, there is a certain amount of personal opinion involved.
Nevertheless, we think you'll agree that these brick buildings are truly stunning.
Hotel Russell, London State Historical Museum, Moscow

The Most Beautiful Buildings in the World
Naturally, when it comes to beauty, there is a certain amount of personal opinion involved.
Nevertheless, we think you'll agree that these brick buildings are truly stunning.
Left:
Grundtvig’s
Church,
Copenhagen
Right:
Torre de San
Martin, Teruel

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