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People learned how to make bricks out of clay and mud whenever stone or wood was not available. Between 6500 and 5700 BCE, mud-brick homes and shrines were made in Çatal Höyükin Antolia, Turkey. Mud bricks back then were sun-dried, and traditionally used as a structural material or a finish material. In the Indus valley civilization around 2300 to 2000 BCE, all bricks were made in the ratio of 4:2:1. Gothic style was made almost entirely out of bricks, after they were introduced from northern Italy to Germany.

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Resistance against high pressure

Resistance to intense climates, they do not shrink or expand

Non-combustible material

Absorbs heat very well

Reusable and recyclable

Available in many colors and textures

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Brick are produced by mixing ground clay with water, forming the clay into the desired shape, and drying and firing.

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Brick manufacturing is one of the most efficient uses of materials to produce a product.

Brick plants are typically

located close to raw material sources.

The brick industry’s goal is to reduce resources used in the manufacturing process.

Although water is used in brick manufacturing, it is not chemically altered but is evaporated into the atmosphere.

Using storage tanks to recirculate and reuse water, potable water demand can be cut dramatically.

While natural gas is the most frequently used energy source for brick manufacturing, many manufacturers are using waste products, such as methane gas from landfills and sawdust, for brick firing.

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Specified brick dimensions: dimensions architects use specifying the size of the walls and anticipated manufactured brick’s dimensions without taking in account

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Obtained by pressing clay in molds and fried and dried in kilns. Requires plastering.

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Manufactured when fly ash and clay are molded in 10.000º C. Self-cementing, Less porous than clay bricks, does not need plastering.

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Has low compression strength and is of low quality. Can be of different colors if pigment is added during manufacturing. 

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Manufactured from special designed earth. After burning, it can withstand very high temperature without affecting its shape, size, and strength. 

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Sand, fly ash and lime are mixed and molded under pressure. The color is greyish. Have a smoother finish and uniform appearance than the clay bricks. Does not r