breeze-block — ozdic

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noun

1

A lightweight building block made from cinders and concrete.

noun

1

A type of perforated building block used for ventilation and letting natural light in.

Featuring, as the title “Concrete House” suggests, a main theme of concrete and perforated breeze blocks so evocative of the ’70s, it was cited in several categories of the Think Brick Awards and named project of the year in the Housing Industry Association’s Perth Innovation Housing Awards.

A triangular breeze block is introduced to create screening walls, forming the new entry pathway.

Collocations

2

VERB + BREEZE-BLOCK

includes, patterned

BREEZE-BLOCK + NOUN

wall

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Featuring, as the title “Concrete House” suggests, a main theme of concrete and perforated breeze blocks so evocative of the ’70s, it was cited in several categories of the Think Brick Awards and name

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A triangular breeze block is introduced to create screening walls, forming the new entry pathway.

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03

Unlike some building technologies, breezeblock doesn’t have one single “inventor.” Rather, the idea of decorative concrete blocks seems to have emerged in multiple corners of the world in the late 191

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The new design includes a patterned breeze-block wall.

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