Brick

The brick is made of adobe, is a blended of clay and sand that is left to dry in the sun or is cooked in fire for give it more resistance. Brick is used as a construction element for making walls and walls several buildings. There are eleven types of bricks the most common are: perforated bricks, solid brick, handmade brickand hollow brick.
 * What are they made of?
 * What are they used for?
 * How many types of brick are there?

Is the placement of bricks in construction, these techniques do mind the dimensions of the wall and the meeting of several walls, so the walls is increased uniformly throughout the building.
 * What is the meaning of brick laying techniques?

-Stretcher bond, is the most common, this technique the sides of the walls are formed by the Stretcher of the brick is the face more elongated and the thickness of the wall is the same as brick - English bond: this technique is positioned longitudinally two rows of bricks and on top of these rows are placed transverse bricks and so in succession.
 * Describes 2 brick laying techniques

The advantages of brick are that it works as a good thermal and acoustic insulation; it works quite fast due to its rectangular shape and has a good aesthetic appearance. But also have disadvantages and most importantly, this material cannot withstood a large amount of weight as stone.
 * What are their advantages and disadvantages?

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the use of brick in construction and public spaces I think the brick is another material that has many qualities to be used in the construction, maybe the hardness of the brick cannot be compared with that of the stone, but advantages of transport, production and economy of brick in some places is more use than other materials. Besides the brick has another advantage that is very important for the construction and public spaces, this advantage is that the brick is a material that can be molded or adapted and provides a more aesthetic look to the construction. For these advantages the brick is a material that has been used since ancient times in construction and is still used today.

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Comparison and contrast: <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Brick compares favorably with stone as a structural material for its fire-and-weather resisting qualities and for the ease of production, transportation, and laying.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Description: <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">The size of bricks is limited by the need for efficient drying, firing, and handling, but shapes, along with the techniques of bricklaying, have varied widely throughout history.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Exemplification: <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">for example, wedge-shaped bricks are sometimes employed in arch construction and bricks with rounded faces in columns.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Cause/Effect: <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Special shapes can be produced by molding to meet particular structural or expressive requirements.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Chronology: <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Brick which has been used since the 4th millennium BC, was the chief building material in the ancient Near East. The versatility of the medium was expanded in ancient Rome by improvements in the manufacture of both brick and mortar and by new techniques of laying and bonding. Employed throughout the Middle Ages, brick grained greater popularity from the 16th. Century on, particularly in northern Europe. It is widely used in the 20th Century, often for nonbearing walls in steel frame constructions.