Key:building:material
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Outer material for the building façade. 
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The key building:material=* is used to describe the outer surface material of building walls, also know as the facade or façade.
This information can be used to model 3D buildings.
How to map
Add the tag building:material=* to an area that is also tagged with building=* or building:part=*
Values
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| building:material | adobe | indicates  adobe, aka cob, wichert, puddled clay, bousille, etc.
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| building:material | brick | Facade made of bricks | 
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| building:material | cement_block | This is used to indicate Concrete masonry unit or cement blocks
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| building:material | concrete | facade of concrete | 
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| building:material | glass | front covered in glass | 
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| building:material | limestone | This is used to indicate Limestone
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| building:material | masonry | Unspecified masonry - see also brick, cement_block. | |
| building:material | metal | metal front, flat or in waves, Corrugated galvanised iron.
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| building:material | metal_plates | front with other, metal plates | 
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| building:material | mirror | front covered in mirrored-glass | 
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| building:material | mud | Dried mud - also see adobe and rammed_earth. | |
| building:material | plaster | Building coated in plaster | 
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| building:material | plastic | front made of plastic, for example, plates or sheets | 
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| building:material | rammed earth | indicates rammed earth
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| building:material | sandstone | stone made of sand | 
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| building:material | sand_cement_blocks | Hand made blocks using a mix of Sand and Cement Manual | 
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| building:material | slate | facade out of slate | 
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| building:material | steel | non-decorative metal, often seen on industrial buildings or tanks. | |
| building:material | stone | stone on stone, mostly castles etc. | 
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| building:material | tiles | generally ceramic tiles | 
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| building:material | timber_framing | Timber framing - this tag is used in Indonesia to describe the structure, rather than the facade | 
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| building:material | vinyl | plastic vinyl strips | 
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| building:material | wood | facade made out of wood | 
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| building:material | ??? |
See also
- Simple 3D Buildings - overview of tags for mapping 3D buildings
- roof:material=* - the surface material of the roof
- building:structure=* - construction method used for building walls - may not be verifiable when there is cladding