Crowdsource your search for the name of that thing.
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Edited the title to make it clear
Found the term for it after diving through a long google rabbithole:
"Rockface Bricks"
People seem to be confusing my title with wanting to find the type of stone, that isn't what I wanted
I was just looking for the name of rockface bricks before I knew they where called that
If youβre talking about the finish on the stone, you can try searching βquarry faced stoneβ, βrough faced stoneβ, or βsplit faced stoneβ those should help.
I think some of you are missing that regardless of whether or not this one is fake brick facing or real brick facing, he wants to know what the real bricks with that texture are called.
Yes, thats exactly what I wanted
I actually found it after going down a rabbithole on Google and putting in many search terms
It is called "Rock face bricks"
Also "rough cut"
These are very common in central Texas. The real stuff is called "caliche" but stuff like what you posted looks more like chiseled blocks. Search for "chiseled" or "hand-chiseled".
"Rusticated Bricks" according to Architectural Digest. Its supposed to give a heavier, more natural look. Almost as if the structure was growing out of the ground.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CHwGDjVdmNY (Its around the 6minutes mark)
Limestone wall.
Searched it on duckduckgo and there are a lot similar to your example picture.
Sandstone cladding wall? Or maybe sandstone facade
As the other comment said, that's a façade. It's not actual bricks, but rather pieces of stone (or, judging by the fact that these exact shapes can be found worldwide, lookalikes) that are laid onto the face of a brick/cinder block/concrete core.
"Split face" is a term I'm familiar with
Same, although OP says they found them called "Stoneface bricks", which I've never heard of.
And I'm thinking of split face block, which isn't brick, but this may also be a language or regional difference
Try searching for blocks o' stone
There are like 15 different answers in this thread.
Yeah I know, I just edited the title
Only a few people gave me the correct answers
I've never even heard of or seen a "smooth" brick.
They're literally everywhere but okay
Those do not look like they would feel smooth.
It's a matter of comparison.
Like sandpaper grit. You wouldn't call sandpaper smooth but you can say one grit is smoother than the other. Ergo, smooth brick.
Those are just "bricks", and I'd put them in the "smooth" category.
That's what I was talking about when I was referring to smooth bricks
It's even worser when it's those smoothly polished ones
Smooth bricks make buildings look ugly in my opinion because smooth bricks make everything look flat and boxy while Rock face bricks give a building definition and contrast