Brick

 **·** **What are they made of?** Bricks are made of a mixture of sand, clay and usually contain small quantities of iron oxide. **·** **What are they used for?** They are used like beams to support walls, as a backup and for decoration because of its appearance that adds dimension, texture and integrity. **·** **How many types of brick are there?** I really don’t know this answer, maybe there are many types depending of its texture or components. · **What is the meaning of //brick laying techniques//?** It means the different methods that we can use to put in order the bricks and make they work efficiently. **·** **Describe 2 brick laying techniques** I think one could be to put them alternatively, just avoiding that lines between to bricks coincide with the line between the two bricks above. And other maybe could be to put on brick with large part and front and the following with the short part consequently, this could make walls be more resistant. **·** **What are their advantages and disadvantages?**
 * Advantages:** They make walls be more resistant and they can also be ornamental.
 * Disadvantages:** bricks bring a lot of weight to the structure and its cost is very high.

My own House  
 * To build my own house I should prefer to use Bricks. Bricks give us the opportunity to create something resistant and at the same time beauty. Also it is easily to use than other materials like stone, because of its weight, it is a little light and permit us to work with them without using giant machines. Besides, it offers a good looking, texture and integrity that are maintained through the years.**

**A space where brick has been used**

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The construction that we can see in this picture is one of the most famous brick buildings in the world: The Independence Hall, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This construction was made using hand made bricks.===== As I can see the bricks obtain more than one function in this building. At first, they were used to make the structure more resistant because they are efficiently in compression and permit to make more stable the higher floors, also they can resist the weather changes that are frequently in this city and guarantee it will reduce the possibilities of fire, aspects that I consider are very important, especially if it is an important and monumentally building. Additionally, the bricks were used as ornamental materials because of its lasting beauty, that reduce the worry of rusting, peeling, rotting and warping, and the most important thing that is that no matter how many years go by, they make the construction become more beautiful.

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