We live in houses surrounded by walls… but do we ever think about them? Ancient walls can be constructed from many different fabrics including mud, brick, stone, timber and terracotta. The design of a wall can tell us much about the intended status of a building or room. Walls can be decorated using paint, plaster or hangings. Walls offer spatial divisions for functional, security and social reasons. Walls provide venues for written and drawn expressions of human hopes, fears and desires. Walls tell stories.
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