Brick

Bricks are usually made from clay, but they can be made from shale, concrete and other materials too. They are used for building and pavement, it´s very common to see it in a decorative way. There are more than 5 diferent types of brick, depending of their perforations and their shapes. The "brick lying techniques" mean the way or method used to placed the bricks, we can see two examples here:

1.- here we can see how the bricks are alternatively placed, and the result is a wide wall, which is an advantage in some cases, because this wall can support more weight.

2.- in this case the "wall" obtained is a thin one, and there is a free space between each brick. This brick lying technique allow the wind to pass between the bricks.



This is an exmaple of a building where BRICK was used, this is the Shebeli Tower and it is located in Iran. In this building, bricks are the essence of its beauty. They are used in many different ways from base to top, and appear to cover all the building at the outside from walls to columns. The result is an original and beautiful building.

I consider BRICK is a good material... definitively i would use it to build my own house, may be not to cover it all like we see in the picture but being the main material... :-).... because all its properties, **like resistant, durability and the posibility of varying the bricklying in order to make an unique,good and resistant house.**

**Advantages xD **