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 | cement_block | This is used to indicate  Concrete masonry unit or cement blocks
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| building:material | plaster | Building coated in plaster | 
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| building:material | brick | Facade made of bricks | 
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| building:material | wood | facade made out of wood | 
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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 | mirror | front covered in mirrored-glass | 
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| building:material | stone | stone on stone, mostly castles etc. | 
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| building:material | sandstone | stone made of sand | 
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| building:material | limestone | This is used to indicate Limestone
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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 | steel | non-decorative metal, often seen on industrial buildings or tanks. | |
| building:material | metal | metal front, flat or in waves, Corrugated galvanised iron.
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| building:material | mud | Dried mud - also see adobe and rammed_earth. | |
| 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 | metal_plates | front with other, metal plates | 
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| building:material | plastic | front made of plastic, for example, plates or sheets | 
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| building:material | vinyl | plastic vinyl strips | 
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| building:material | tiles | generally ceramic tiles | 
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| building:material | adobe | indicates adobe, aka cob, wichert, puddled clay, bousille, etc.
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| building:material | rammed earth | indicates rammed earth
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| building:material | masonry | Unspecified masonry - see also brick, cement_block. | |
| 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
