Brick

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**What are they made of?** The brick is made of pottery getting from mold, drying and cooking of clay.

** What are they used for? ** The brick can be used to the construction like walls, partition, and facade. Etc. ** How many types of brick are there? ** There are too many types of bricks, for example: brick massive, brick hollow, brick refectory, etc.

I don’t know about brick laying techniques
 * What is the meaning of // brick laying techniques //? **

I don’t know about brick laying techniques
 * Describe 2 brick laying techniques **

The advantages of bricks is the strong and the texture that can’t give to the construction, and disadvantage is difficult maintain clean the brick when is exposed.
 * What are their advantages and disadvantages? **


 * Brick House Architecture Goes Ultra-Modern**



This house is located in Philadelphia, United states. The house is in the corner of the parcel, the house is made from glass, wood but principality from brick. Has a curved brick exterior wall that is very attractive and impressing, the brick has the structure from the building and given an aspect modern from the color that had.

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**What construction material would you use to build your own house? Why? ** I think that the rich of material is known how used. I would like used glass, wood and concrete; because the blended of this materials make a beautiful combination and attractive house. I would use glass from the illumination, wood from the contact to the nature and to give another texture, and concrete to give more possibilities from colors and more strong to the house.