For other kinds of building materials, see
Hardware,
Biology,
Star formation. Building material is any
material which is used for a
construction purpose. Just about every type of available material has been used at one time or another for creating various human and animal homes, structures, and technologies. This reference deals with
habitats and
structures including homes.Living spaces and their related structures have been created using myriad materials, from
mud to
metal, and from
plastic to
grass. Today the production and assembly of various building materials is a multibillion dollar industry, and environmental concern has recently surfaced about the effects of such a massive
resource extraction on a global scale.
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