The cold breath of autumn had stricken leaves from the plant until its branches,almost bare, hung on the bricks.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

Over the years, the group has made stoves using mud,bricks,sheet metal,clay, ceramics and old oil drums.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

The idea is to burn these bricks around the edges of fields to keep elephants away.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

Adobe is shaped into bricks that are laid one on top of another and used as a low cost way to build walls and houses.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

If the weather is right, the bricks should dry in 7 to 10 days.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

The walls were made of local limestone and bricks of sun-dried mud called adobe.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

This way the adobe can be shaped into bricks of the desired size.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

Farmers can grind pepper, mix it with elephant waste and form bricks.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

Architect Adam Reed Tucker has recreated fifteen of them using Lego bricks.

VOA: special.2010.07.30

The forms make small rectangular soaps or large bricks of soap.

VOA: special.2011.03.09

The only house left standing was the one made of bricks.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

Faith Lapidus has more. Lego bricks are small, colorful plastic blocks.

VOA: special.2010.07.30

Adobe bricks must be dried completely before they are used.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

So the bricks should be made in hot dry weather.

VOA: special.2009.01.12