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From mass masonry to veneer: The evolution of cavity wall design

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These structures consist of a steel frame or, less often, a concrete frame, infilled with brick or hollow clay tile. The exterior wythe, typically brick, and interior wythe, which could comprise brick, structural clay tile, or concrete masonry units (CMU), were connected by metal ties. Cavity walls were being constructed in the U.S.

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