diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8b1baf4..558a8a3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ delay for each frame in each line of the output.
 - [ ] Have clickable/navigatable links inside of the tui application
 - [ ] Launch simple http server alongside tui application
 
+- [ ] Create other layouts
+  - [ ] horizontal stack
+  - [ ] vertical stack
+  - [ ] `Layout` in `Layout`? -> interfaces are very similar anyway
+  - [ ] Building Block `Layout`s
+    - [ ] Framing `Layout`
+    - [ ] Padding `Layout`
+
 ---
 
 ## Branch: `own-tty-visuals`
diff --git a/src/layout.zig b/src/layout.zig
index f45c07a..478b856 100644
--- a/src/layout.zig
+++ b/src/layout.zig
@@ -77,5 +77,9 @@ pub fn Layout(comptime Event: type) type {
 
         // import and export of `Layout` implementations
         pub const Pane = @import("layout/Pane.zig").Layout(Event);
+        pub const HStack = @import("layout/HStack.zig").Layout(Event);
+        pub const VStack = @import("layout/VStack.zig").Layout(Event);
+        pub const Padding = @import("layout/Padding.zig").Layout(Event);
+        pub const Framing = @import("layout/Framing.zig").Layout(Event);
     };
 }
diff --git a/src/layout/Framing.zig b/src/layout/Framing.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7397337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/layout/Framing.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+//! Framing layout for a nested `Layout`s or `Widget`s.
+//!
+//! # Example
+//! ...
+const std = @import("std");
+const terminal = @import("../terminal.zig");
+const isTaggedUnion = @import("../event.zig").isTaggedUnion;
+const Error = @import("../event.zig").Error;
+const Key = @import("../key.zig");
+
+pub fn Layout(comptime Event: type) type {
+    if (!isTaggedUnion(Event)) {
+        @compileError("Provided user event `Event` for `Layout(comptime Event: type)` is not of type `union(enum)`.");
+    }
+    const Element = union {
+        layout: @import("../layout.zig").Layout(Event),
+        widget: @import("../widget.zig").Widget(Event),
+    };
+    const Events = std.ArrayList(Event);
+    const Contents = std.ArrayList(u8);
+    return struct {
+        size: terminal.Size = undefined,
+        contents: Contents = undefined,
+        element: Element = undefined,
+        events: Events = undefined,
+
+        pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, element: Element) @This() {
+            return .{
+                .contents = Contents.init(allocator),
+                .element = element,
+                .events = Events.init(allocator),
+            };
+        }
+
+        pub fn deinit(this: *@This()) void {
+            this.contents.deinit();
+            this.element.deinit();
+            this.events.deinit();
+        }
+
+        pub fn handle(this: *@This(), event: Event) !*Event {
+            this.events.clearRetainingCapacity();
+            // order is important
+            switch (event) {
+                .resize => |size| {
+                    this.size = size;
+                    // adjust size according to the containing elements
+                    const sub_event = event;
+                    switch (this.element) {
+                        .layout => |layout| {
+                            this.events.appendSlice(layout.handle(sub_event).items);
+                        },
+                        .widget => |widget| {
+                            if (widget.handle(sub_event)) |e| {
+                                this.events.append(e);
+                            }
+                        },
+                    }
+                },
+                else => {
+                    for (this.elements.items) |element| {
+                        switch (element) {
+                            .layout => |layout| {
+                                this.events.appendSlice(layout.handle(event).items);
+                            },
+                            .widget => |widget| {
+                                if (widget.handle(event)) |e| {
+                                    this.events.append(e);
+                                }
+                            },
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+            }
+        }
+
+        pub fn content(this: *@This()) !*Contents {
+            this.contents.clearRetainingCapacity();
+            // TODO: frame contents
+            switch (this.element) {
+                .layout => |layout| {
+                    const layout_content = try layout.content();
+                    try this.contents.appendSlice(layout_content.items);
+                },
+                .widget => |widget| {
+                    try this.contents.appendSlice(try widget.content());
+                },
+            }
+            return &this.c;
+        }
+    };
+}
diff --git a/src/layout/HStack.zig b/src/layout/HStack.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fdfc26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/layout/HStack.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+//! Horizontal Stacking layout for nested `Layout`s and/or `Widget`s.
+//!
+//! # Example
+//! ...
+const std = @import("std");
+const terminal = @import("../terminal.zig");
+const isTaggedUnion = @import("../event.zig").isTaggedUnion;
+const Error = @import("../event.zig").Error;
+const Key = @import("../key.zig");
+
+pub fn Layout(comptime Event: type) type {
+    if (!isTaggedUnion(Event)) {
+        @compileError("Provided user event `Event` for `Layout(comptime Event: type)` is not of type `union(enum)`.");
+    }
+    const Element = union {
+        layout: @import("../layout.zig").Layout(Event),
+        widget: @import("../widget.zig").Widget(Event),
+    };
+    const Elements = std.ArrayList(Element);
+    const Events = std.ArrayList(Event);
+    const Contents = std.ArrayList(u8);
+    return struct {
+        // TODO: current focused `Element`?
+        size: terminal.Size = undefined,
+        contents: Contents = undefined,
+        elements: Elements = undefined,
+        events: Events = undefined,
+
+        // TODO: optional verdic argument for `Element`?
+        pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) @This() {
+            return .{
+                .contents = Contents.init(allocator),
+                .elements = Elements.init(allocator),
+                .events = Events.init(allocator),
+            };
+        }
+
+        pub fn deinit(this: *@This()) void {
+            this.events.deinit();
+            this.contents.deinit();
+            if (this.elements.items) |element| {
+                switch (element) {
+                    .layout => |l| {
+                        l.deinit();
+                    },
+                    .widget => |w| {
+                        w.deinit();
+                    },
+                }
+            }
+            this.elements.deinit();
+        }
+
+        pub fn handle(this: *@This(), event: Event) !*Event {
+            this.events.clearRetainingCapacity();
+            // order is important
+            switch (event) {
+                .resize => |size| {
+                    this.size = size;
+                    // adjust size according to the containing elements
+                    for (this.elements.items) |element| {
+                        const sub_event = event;
+                        switch (element) {
+                            .layout => |l| {
+                                this.events.appendSlice(l.handle(sub_event).items);
+                            },
+                            .widget => |w| {
+                                if (w.handle(sub_event)) |e| {
+                                    this.events.append(e);
+                                }
+                            },
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+                else => {
+                    for (this.elements.items) |element| {
+                        switch (element) {
+                            .layout => |layout| {
+                                this.events.appendSlice(layout.handle(event).items);
+                            },
+                            .widget => |widget| {
+                                if (widget.handle(event)) |e| {
+                                    this.events.append(e);
+                                }
+                            },
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+            }
+        }
+
+        pub fn content(this: *@This()) !*Contents {
+            this.contents.clearRetainingCapacity();
+            // TODO: concat contents accordingly to create a vertical stack
+            for (this.elements.items) |element| {
+                switch (element) {
+                    .layout => |layout| {
+                        const layout_content = try layout.content();
+                        try this.contents.appendSlice(layout_content.items);
+                    },
+                    .widget => |widget| {
+                        try this.contents.appendSlice(try widget.content());
+                    },
+                }
+            }
+            return &this.c;
+        }
+    };
+}
diff --git a/src/layout/Padding.zig b/src/layout/Padding.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8aec73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/layout/Padding.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+//! Padding layout for a nested `Layout`s or `Widget`s.
+//!
+//! # Example
+//! ...
+const std = @import("std");
+const terminal = @import("../terminal.zig");
+const isTaggedUnion = @import("../event.zig").isTaggedUnion;
+const Error = @import("../event.zig").Error;
+const Key = @import("../key.zig");
+
+pub fn Layout(comptime Event: type) type {
+    if (!isTaggedUnion(Event)) {
+        @compileError("Provided user event `Event` for `Layout(comptime Event: type)` is not of type `union(enum)`.");
+    }
+    const Element = union {
+        layout: @import("../layout.zig").Layout(Event),
+        widget: @import("../widget.zig").Widget(Event),
+    };
+    const Events = std.ArrayList(Event);
+    const Contents = std.ArrayList(u8);
+    return struct {
+        size: terminal.Size = undefined,
+        contents: Contents = undefined,
+        element: Element = undefined,
+        events: Events = undefined,
+
+        pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, element: Element) @This() {
+            return .{
+                .contents = Contents.init(allocator),
+                .element = element,
+                .events = Events.init(allocator),
+            };
+        }
+
+        pub fn deinit(this: *@This()) void {
+            this.contents.deinit();
+            this.element.deinit();
+            this.events.deinit();
+        }
+
+        pub fn handle(this: *@This(), event: Event) !*Event {
+            this.events.clearRetainingCapacity();
+            // order is important
+            switch (event) {
+                .resize => |size| {
+                    this.size = size;
+                    // adjust size according to the containing elements
+                    const sub_event = event;
+                    switch (this.element) {
+                        .layout => |layout| {
+                            this.events.appendSlice(layout.handle(sub_event).items);
+                        },
+                        .widget => |widget| {
+                            if (widget.handle(sub_event)) |e| {
+                                this.events.append(e);
+                            }
+                        },
+                    }
+                },
+                else => {
+                    for (this.elements.items) |element| {
+                        switch (element) {
+                            .layout => |layout| {
+                                this.events.appendSlice(layout.handle(event).items);
+                            },
+                            .widget => |widget| {
+                                if (widget.handle(event)) |e| {
+                                    this.events.append(e);
+                                }
+                            },
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+            }
+        }
+
+        pub fn content(this: *@This()) !*Contents {
+            this.contents.clearRetainingCapacity();
+            // TODO: padding contents accordingly
+            switch (this.element) {
+                .layout => |layout| {
+                    const layout_content = try layout.content();
+                    try this.contents.appendSlice(layout_content.items);
+                },
+                .widget => |widget| {
+                    try this.contents.appendSlice(try widget.content());
+                },
+            }
+            return &this.c;
+        }
+    };
+}
diff --git a/src/layout/Pane.zig b/src/layout/Pane.zig
index ceaf0ef..1d3678c 100644
--- a/src/layout/Pane.zig
+++ b/src/layout/Pane.zig
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// TODO: remove this `Layout`
 const std = @import("std");
 const terminal = @import("../terminal.zig");
 const isTaggedUnion = @import("../event.zig").isTaggedUnion;
@@ -10,23 +11,24 @@ pub fn Layout(comptime Event: type) type {
     }
     const Widget = @import("../widget.zig").Widget(Event);
     const Events = std.ArrayList(Event);
+    const Contents = std.ArrayList(u8);
     return struct {
         widget: Widget = undefined,
         events: Events = undefined,
-        c: std.ArrayList(u8) = undefined,
+        contents: Contents = undefined,
 
         pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, widget: Widget) @This() {
             return .{
                 .widget = widget,
                 .events = Events.init(allocator),
-                .c = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator),
+                .contents = Contents.init(allocator),
             };
         }
 
         pub fn deinit(this: *@This()) void {
             this.widget.deinit();
             this.events.deinit();
-            this.c.deinit();
+            this.contents.deinit();
             this.* = undefined;
         }
 
@@ -54,10 +56,10 @@ pub fn Layout(comptime Event: type) type {
         }
 
         pub fn content(this: *@This()) !*std.ArrayList(u8) {
-            this.c.clearRetainingCapacity();
-            try this.c.appendSlice("\n");
-            try this.c.appendSlice(try this.widget.content());
-            try this.c.appendSlice("\n");
+            this.contents.clearRetainingCapacity();
+            try this.contents.appendSlice("\n");
+            try this.contents.appendSlice(try this.widget.content());
+            try this.contents.appendSlice("\n");
             return &this.c;
         }
     };
diff --git a/src/layout/VStack.zig b/src/layout/VStack.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25f481c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/layout/VStack.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+//! Vertical Stacking layout for nested `Layout`s and/or `Widget`s.
+//!
+//! # Example
+//! ...
+const std = @import("std");
+const terminal = @import("../terminal.zig");
+const isTaggedUnion = @import("../event.zig").isTaggedUnion;
+const Error = @import("../event.zig").Error;
+const Key = @import("../key.zig");
+
+pub fn Layout(comptime Event: type) type {
+    if (!isTaggedUnion(Event)) {
+        @compileError("Provided user event `Event` for `Layout(comptime Event: type)` is not of type `union(enum)`.");
+    }
+    const Element = union {
+        layout: @import("../layout.zig").Layout(Event),
+        widget: @import("../widget.zig").Widget(Event),
+    };
+    const Elements = std.ArrayList(Element);
+    const Events = std.ArrayList(Event);
+    const Contents = std.ArrayList(u8);
+    return struct {
+        // TODO: current focused `Element`?
+        size: terminal.Size = undefined,
+        contents: Contents = undefined,
+        elements: Elements = undefined,
+        events: Events = undefined,
+
+        // TODO: optional verdic argument for `Element`?
+        pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) @This() {
+            return .{
+                .contents = Contents.init(allocator),
+                .elements = Elements.init(allocator),
+                .events = Events.init(allocator),
+            };
+        }
+
+        pub fn deinit(this: *@This()) void {
+            this.events.deinit();
+            this.contents.deinit();
+            if (this.elements.items) |element| {
+                switch (element) {
+                    .layout => |l| {
+                        l.deinit();
+                    },
+                    .widget => |w| {
+                        w.deinit();
+                    },
+                }
+            }
+            this.elements.deinit();
+        }
+
+        pub fn handle(this: *@This(), event: Event) !*Event {
+            this.events.clearRetainingCapacity();
+            // order is important
+            switch (event) {
+                .resize => |size| {
+                    this.size = size;
+                    // adjust size according to the containing elements
+                    for (this.elements.items) |element| {
+                        const sub_event = event;
+                        switch (element) {
+                            .layout => |l| {
+                                this.events.appendSlice(l.handle(sub_event).items);
+                            },
+                            .widget => |w| {
+                                if (w.handle(sub_event)) |e| {
+                                    this.events.append(e);
+                                }
+                            },
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+                else => {
+                    for (this.elements.items) |element| {
+                        switch (element) {
+                            .layout => |layout| {
+                                this.events.appendSlice(layout.handle(event).items);
+                            },
+                            .widget => |widget| {
+                                if (widget.handle(event)) |e| {
+                                    this.events.append(e);
+                                }
+                            },
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+            }
+        }
+
+        pub fn content(this: *@This()) !*Contents {
+            this.contents.clearRetainingCapacity();
+            // TODO: concat contents accordingly to create a vertical stack
+            for (this.elements.items) |element| {
+                switch (element) {
+                    .layout => |layout| {
+                        const layout_content = try layout.content();
+                        try this.contents.appendSlice(layout_content.items);
+                    },
+                    .widget => |widget| {
+                        try this.contents.appendSlice(try widget.content());
+                    },
+                }
+            }
+            return &this.c;
+        }
+    };
+}