"physical materials" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it whenever physical materials are relevant to the topic or discussion. For example, "We need to obtain the necessary physical materials to create our prototype."
A building is far more than the physical materials from which it is constructed.
Apple's use of textures representing physical materials is also often ridiculed.
Ms. Rovner's artwork usually involves an amalgam of physical materials (stones, tablets, even architectural structures) and cutting-edge video.
The physical materials he uses make fresh juxtapositions; he amalgamates unusual photographic images and plain bits of paper, for example.
According to Jeong A, her work can be categorised as poetry built with physical materials instead of words.
As he sees the situation, energy stocks are less cumbersome than the physical materials, and also cheaper.
Industrial production, minimalism, uniforms, plastics — all the intellectual and physical materials of MOMA's other design collections have long been brought to bear on clothes.
But state officials said the railroad "removed a failed braking mechanism and other physical materials" and put them in a pickup truck "lockbox".
Lucy Skaer, Enrico David and Richard Wright all put drawing at the heart of their work; sculptor Roger Hiorns is profoundly involved with physical materials and their properties.
Very few artists have balanced engaging form and urgent meaning so perfectly and done so while taking such evident pleasure in the art's physical materials and processes.
In his book, Dr. Simeone discusses the concept of material truth, that the historical relevance of a preserved object derives from its actual physical materials.
