In the Colonial years, when handmade brick was scarce, the availability of native clay also afforded Valley pioneers to build attractive brick chimneys with courses of brick corbelling. The result: ...

In its latest project to creatively repurpose clay roof tiles, Indian architecture firm Manoj Patel Design Studio has upcycled locally produced tiles into a green wall with natural cooling benefits.

Discovered at Lobachsville, a 1763 curved ridge roof tile was originally on a quaint Oley Valley building at 1745 Lobachsville founded by Peter Lobach, where Adam Weidner had a clay tile manufacturing ...