Brickwork architecture

Japanese: 煉瓦造建築 - れんがづくりけんちく（英語表記）brickwork architecture

Architecture constructed with brick as the main material. It has been seen since the 5th millennium BC and was widely used as an architectural form in Mesopotamian civilization. It was inherited by Europe and became a mainstream form of European architecture during the Roman period and especially after the 16th century. In most cases, rectangular clay blocks of easy-to-handle size are fired and stacked to form the main parts, and wood is used for the cross members such as beams, but there are also cases where the entire structure is constructed with bricks alone or with bricks and cut stone alone. In the latter case, structures such as arches, vaults, and domes are used. There is also a long tradition of unfired sun-dried bricks, and they are still used in construction today in various regions, such as China and the Middle East.

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Japanese:

煉瓦を基本材料として構築する建築。前 5000年代からみられ，メソポタミア文明の建築形態として大きな展開をとげ，ヨーロッパに受継がれて，ローマ時代と特に 16世紀以降のヨーロッパ建築の一主流をなした。取扱いの容易な大きさの長方体の粘土の単体を焼成し，これを組積して主要部分を造り，梁などの横架材には木材を用いるものが多いが，全体を煉瓦だけ，あるいは煉瓦と切り石だけで構築する場合もある。後者の場合には，アーチ，ボールト，ドームなどの構造が用いられる。また焼成しない日乾煉瓦の伝統も古く，今日でもこれを用いた建設を行なっている地域が中国や中近東など各地にある。

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