What properties and characteristics make earth clay a great material for building applications in traditional art - ceramics?

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Clay building materials are robust, stable and, as a result, especially durable their lifespan is more than 100 years. Brick buildings, which have lasted for centuries, can be discovered all around the world. Buildings made of clay tiles and bricks are weather resistant, earthquake proof and fire-resistant. They even used them to make ovens to cook foods.