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    MASONRY

    Building Materials

    Group Member : Carlos Chu


    Sheleen Fong
    Benjamin Tong
    DEFINITION
    -Masonry is the building of structures from individual
    units, which are often laid in and bound together by
    mortar.
    Philadelphia City Hall
    Architect : Scottish-born architect
    -John McArthur Jr.
    -Thomas Ustick Walter
    Location : Philadelphia , USA
    Cons : 1871-1901
    Cost : 24 Million dollar
    Function : Seat of local government
    Philadelphia City Hall
    Tallest Habitable Building from
    1894 to 1908.
    City Hall's tower was completed
    by 1894, although the interior
    wasn't finished until 1901.
    Height : 548 ft (167 m)
    Floors : 9 Floors
    By granite and brick walls up to
    22 ft (6.7 m) thick.
    Construction

    Under construction, 1881 Under construction 1881


    Kellie's Castle
    Architect : Scottish and Tamil
    Indian architecture.
    Client : William Kellie Smith
    Location : Batu Gajah, Kinta
    District, Perak, Malaysia.
    Cons : 1915-1926(Client passes
    away)
    4-storey buildings
    Function : Tourist Attraction
    Kellie's Castle
    -Unfinished ruined mansion built with
    bricks , marbles and tiles in certain
    interior areas.
    -popular local tourist attraction
    -some believing it haunted.
    -used as a setting in the 1999
    film Anna and the King and 2000
    film Skyline Cruisers.
    -In 2015, Kellie's Castle was the site
    of the first ever 24-hour
    comic challenge in a castle and was
    claimed as the "scariest" 24 hour
    comics challenge.
    THANK YOU

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