Building Materials And their properties.
Traditional building materials Stone Brick Timber Slate Lead Mud! Plaster (gypsum)
Modern building materials Steel Concrete Glass UPVC (plastic) Glass fibre
Natural materials dug out of ground /cut/ and then used Sand Gravel Stone Slate Timber Mud! (rammed earth walls, earth sheltered) Straw (straw bale houses) Rushes (for thatched roof)
Processed materials raw materials have been changed by heat/chemical reactions etc. Bricks Concrete Clay Tiles Ceramic Tiles Steel Lead Glass
Manufactured materials these materials have been made from combining other materials and several processes. Plywood Chipboard Plasterboard Structural insulated panels(SIPs) UPVC DPC membrane (plastic)