Apparatus and method for frame and brick constructions

A frame/brick construction, comprising:

• a frame having a plurality of ribs and a plurality of channels, wherein a front face of the frame defines a first opening into each of the channels;
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• a plurality of bricks wherein each brick is insertable into one of the plurality of channels via its first opening to a position, upon rotation of the brick, partially disposed in the one channel such that one or more portions of the brick at least partially engage one or more surfaces of the one channel and/or of a first rib of the plurality of ribs whereby the brick is locked against removal from the one channel through its first opening via linear movement without first being rotated.

A brick for a stave/brick construction, comprising:

• a top section defining a nose contiguous with a locking side of the brick and an upper oblique section contiguous with a first face of the brick, wherein the locking side comprises the nose, a second face, a seat and a lower concave section;
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• a bottom defining a lower oblique section contiguous with the first face of the brick.

A stave/brick construction, comprising:

• a stave having a plurality of ribs and a plurality of channels, wherein a front face of the stave defines a first opening into each of the channels and wherein the plurality of ribs comprises one or more short ribs each of which is shorter than one or more adjacent long ribs, wherein each short rib and at least one adjacent long rib define, at least in part, a void such that the stave defines a plurality of voids;
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• a plurality of bricks wherein each brick is insertable into one of the plurality of voids in a direction substantially perpendicular to the front face to a first position from which it can be slid to a second position within one of the plurality of channels.