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Bricks between the Historical Usage and Sustainable Building Concept
Jönköping University, School of Engineering, JTH, Civil Engineering and Lighting Science. Jönköping university.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5814-2667
Karlstad university.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4536-9747
2022 (English)In: Masonry for Sustainable Construction / [ed] Prof. Amjad Almusaed Ph.D, UK: InTech, 2022Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Bricks are the most frequent ceramic product and may be found in antique and

modern structures. Together with stone and concrete, they are among the most used

building materials. Reading through history, we may see that throughout the Stone

Age, cave dwellers erected structures for a variety of reasons out of fragments of rocks

and boulders of various shapes; Menhirs, dolmens, and cromlechs have survived

to this day—stone constructs used for religious purposes. Dwellings and fortresses

were constructed from unhewn natural stone, the shards of which were piled on each

other without any order. Brick is a common antique building material that has been

used from ancient times, such as in Egypt’s ancient dwellings, Rome’s Colosseum,

and many sections of China’s Great Wall. One of the earliest construction materials

is brick. It was utilized in Mycenaean civilization, ancient Greece, Rome, Central

America, and other ancient constructions. The oldest, used in prehistoric times, is

dry masonry of irregularly shaped stones. Soil is a natural building material that can

be seen everywhere, and it also has its unique style in traditional architecture. Like

wood, stone has been the primary building material since ancient times. It has been

used as a construction material since prehistoric times. The art of brickmaking

may be observed in the great range of textures and surface treatments, which constitute

a distinctive mark of each maker. Brick is now employed for resistant buildings,

regular internal walls, interior or outside surface decorating, pavement, and even

modern art installations. No other building feature provides as many opportunities

for producing one-of-a-kind architectural effects. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
UK: InTech, 2022.
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IntechOpen
Keywords [en]
Bricks, Sustainability, Construction material, modern buildings, Masonry
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Engineering and Technology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-59227DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.109287ISBN: 978-1-83768-126-6 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-59227DiVA, id: diva2:1721934
Available from: 2022-12-23 Created: 2022-12-23 Last updated: 2022-12-23

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