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History of the bricklaying trade — from craft to construction

How Danish bricklaying grew from experience to standard

2026-06-24·7 min reading

The bricklaying trade is among the oldest Danish crafts, and it has developed from a purely empirical trade to a norm-governed discipline. Here we follow the trails that can be documented: the arrival of brick in the Middle Ages, the trade in guilds, the standardization of mortar and bonding, the transition to Eurocode 6 and today's education and focus on documentation. Claims that cannot be traced to a source have been deliberately omitted.

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