18th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference

21 – 24 July 2024, University of Birmingham

The International Brick and Block Masonry Conference is an international conference intended to attract representatives among masonry researchers and practitioners, masonry industries and building management authorities, construction professionals and educators. The conference will thus represent a unique platform for discussion, networking, sharing new ideas and gaining insights into trends, innovations and challenges related to masonry, in both research and building practice.

After the first edition of this conference in 1967 in Austin Texas, the conference has been held 16 other times, to date, in different countries across the world. These include:

    YearEditionCityCountry
    1967 1st IB²MaC Austin Texas USA 
    1970 2nd IB²MaC Stoke-on-Trent England 
    1973 3rd IB²MaC Essen Germany 
    1976 4th IB²MaC Bruges Belgium 
    1979 5th IB²MaC Washington USA 
    1982 6th IB²MaC Rome Italy 
    1985 7th IB²MaC Melbourne Australia 
    1988 8th IB²MaC Dublin Ireland 
    1991 9th IB²MaC Berlin Germany 
    1994 10th IB²MaC Calgary Canada 
    1997 11th IB²MaC Shanghai China 
    2000 12th IB²MaC Madrid Spain 
    2004 13th IB²MaC Amsterdam The Netherlands 
    2008 14th IB²MaC Sydney Australia 
    201215th IB²MaC FlorianopolisBrazil
    201616th IB²MaC PaduaItaly 
    202117th IB²MaC KrakowPoland