Wavy walls use fewer bricks than a straight wall (2020)

How cool is this! Wavy walls, also known as crinkle crankle walls, crinkum crankum walls, serpentine walls, or ribbon walls, are gaining popularity. Not only do these walls look unique and clever, but they also use less bricks than straight walls because they can be made just one brick thin. The alternating convex and concave curves provide stability and resistance against lateral forces. The county of Suffolk in England is home to numerous examples of these intriguing walls, with 100 documented and photographed on freston.net. Thomas Jefferson incorporated wavy walls into the architecture at the University of Virginia, although he adapted an established English style. These wavy walls are a fascinating combination of design, engineering, and mathematics.

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