>>> "But is there a strong correlation between brickwork and the features I'm talking about?"
That's a good question. I'm guessing the answer is "sort of". If you had more money to throw into construction, you'll go for both fancier brickwork AND more frills. If the answer is "no", well I DID say it was a simplified version of the problem.
It was quite common to use a more expensive bond on more visible areas of a house. A few examples you'll be familiar with:
Savage Mill is a riotous mixture of bonds, but mostly variants of American Common.
Marietta House mixes bonds depending on which way the wall faces: more visible --> more expensive.
UMCP uses Flemish Bond for EVERYTHING, including the SECU ATM structure.
Note that brick-size has been standardized for at least a couple centuries. This should be useful for any automated analysis you do, since once you find the brick-texture ina an image, you'll know that each course of bricks will be 2.5" tall.
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That's a good question. I'm guessing the answer is "sort of". If you had more money to throw into construction, you'll go for both fancier brickwork AND more frills.
If the answer is "no", well I DID say it was a simplified version of the problem.
It was quite common to use a more expensive bond on more visible areas of a house.
A few examples you'll be familiar with:
Savage Mill is a riotous mixture of bonds, but mostly variants of American Common.
Marietta House mixes bonds depending on which way the wall faces: more visible --> more expensive.
UMCP uses Flemish Bond for EVERYTHING, including the SECU ATM structure.
Note that brick-size has been standardized for at least a couple centuries. This should be useful for any automated analysis you do, since once you find the brick-texture ina an image, you'll know that each course of bricks will be 2.5" tall.