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Advantages of Alwi Bin Sumayt Building





Provide good thermal behavior. Due to low thermal conductivity, mud-bricks keep the indoor temperatures cool during the hot days and keep the indoor temperatures cool during the cold nights.
Mud-bricks provide good fire resistant. This is crucial to the building due to the fact that its located in a war zone between Houthi rebels and the government.
Mud-bricks provide good sound-proofing properties in an area where the building towers are closely packed together.
The base of building walls are widen and reduce in size as the structure continues up forming a trapezoidal shape in section. This reduces the weight of the upper level walls which increases the building stability.
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