The present-day city is surrounded by square stone walls built of materials from the ruined ancient city.
The most common type of house in the city is the kampong, or village, house; most such houses are built of materials such as wood or bamboo mats, but this does not necessarily mean that they are substandard.
Munch himself was sickly from birth; he said later that he grew up feeling "like a boat built of hopeless material, of old rotten wood".
The cars are built of a material new to auto mass production, carbon-fiber reinforced plastic, which is much lighter than steel.
Craters caused by explosions or by the collapse of the roofs of underground magma (molten silica) chambers and those caused by explosion of new volcanic sources and that are built of nonvolcanic material are other examples.
Much in our man-made structures is built of natural materials, and it must be remembered that these materials have natural colours and textures that usually are superior to anything man can create artificially.
Initially the slums were characterized by shelters built of scrap materials and by crowded, unsanitary conditions.
Moreover, the show was pleasing to the eye, built of humble materials on simple yet sophisticated lines.
Although modern in plan, the school is built of local materials, while the sun meets all its energy needs.
"There's little combustible vegetation here, good access and good water supplies," he said, "and the house is built of noncombustible materials".
