Brick

=Bricks=


 * - What are bricks made of?**

Bricks are made of clay. different minerals are added to the clay to change the color.

- **What are they used for?**

They can be used as decorations for interior or exterior of a building or as contructive material for walls or other structures.

- **How many types of bricks are there?**

There are many types of bricks, the common brick, face bricks, clinker bricks, press bricks, glazed bricks, firebrick, cored brick and sand lime bricks.

- **What is the meaning of brick laying techniques?**

Bricklaying is a trade that specialises in building and repairing walls, floors, partitions, fireplaces, chimneys, as well as other structures with brick or concrete block.

- **Advantages and Disadvantages of bricks:**

Advantages: They're cheap and strong in compression.

Disadvantages: They're heavy and weak in tension.

=Robie House=



The Robie House was designed by the famous architect Frank LLoyd Wright in 1909 and is located in Oak Park, Illinois. The house is one of the icons of the "Prairie Style", wich mayor caracteristics are: horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped in horizontal bands, integration with the landscape, solid construction, craftsmanship, and discipline in the use of ornament. Horizontal lines were thought to evoke and relate to the native prairie landscape. In this house, the facade is made of Roman Brick, wich enphasizes the horizontal character defined in the Prairie style. Bricks are so important in this building, that the line on top and bottom of every wall of the exterior are there to emphasize the horizontality of them.