concrete blocks
confessio
A type of crypt which consists of a series of linked passages. The most famous confessio crypt during the Middle Ages was that of Old Saint Peter's church in Rome, which contained the tomb os Saint Peter.
Textured concrete blocks and stepped walls suggest pre-Columbian architecture in the Charles Ennis House, built in 1923.
Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright
This famous Pennsylvania home has concrete slabs bolted into the hillside. Built in 1935.
Houses of concrete blocks simulating stone were widely advocated by early 20th-century pattern books as a novel new building method. -- "A Field Guide to American Houses"
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Aerated Concrete - Lightweight and highly insulating cellular material made from a mix of fine sand, pulverized fuel ash, and chemical admixtures, cast into moulds and autoclaved to make lightweight concrete blocks.
artistic concrete - concrete blocks molded to imitate stone, inexpensive substitute using concrete since 1870 ...
stained or leaded glass windows; wide front porch with balustrades and square columns atop broad bases (bases generally begin at ground level and extend above the porch level); exteriors made from materials such as brick, stone, concrete blocks, ...
 See also: Concrete, House, Floor, Architecture, Brick
  
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