Facta universitatis - series: Architecture and Civil Engineering 2018 Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages: 387-400
https://doi.org/10.2298/FUACE180521016M
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Architecture and ceramic materials, development through time: Adobe and brick
Momčilović-Petronijević Ana 
(Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Niš)
Topličić-Ćurčić Gordana (Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Niš)
Ćurčić Aleksandra (Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Niš)
The fired earth products are from the dawn of time very readily used as a
building material in architecture. Regardless of the geographical area, or
era, both adobe and bricks have been often used because they are easy and
cheap to manufacture. The paper provides the review of adobe and brick use,
from the earliest times until nowadays. The evolution of their production,
forms, physical properties and ways of their usage on the structures are
presented. The goal of the paper is an analysis of development of use of
these products which will certainly remain in use for many years to come.
Keywords: ceramic materials, adobe, fired bricks, historical development
Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. TR36042 and Grant no. TR 36017