brick
Brick
A brick has been a common construction material used everywhere for more than 6000 year , and has been in various shape , size and were made by mixing many different types of materials , each of them have their own advantage and disadvantage ; and formed the basic structure and the “back bone” of many civilizations and was used in a wide range of buildings in centuries from building palaces , houses factories , in tunnels construction , water ways , bridges , making it the oldest manufactured building materials .For centuries , the brick making process was done by hand and involved clay being moulded and then dried in the sun until the industrial revolution when the process turned to mechanization.
Today technological and mechanical advancement has helped to have a more complete knowledge of the raw materials and its properties , and better control or firing improvement in the kiln designs , all have contributed to the advancement of brick quality and has improved the overall quality of the products.
Today , brick is found in various materials and made in various shapes depending of the use.