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Wood itself is a composite material (lignan are the fibres, other stuff is effectively resin). Adobe is a fibre-composit (mud and strawa), as is daub-and-wattle plastering.

We've come up with more interesting fibres and resins over the years, but the fundamental concept is ancient and impressively effective.



Does rebar and concrete count?


By any reasonable metric, I would say so.


Agreed.

There are newer variations including polymer-reinforced concrete (using fibres within the concrete matrix), and I'd be really surprised if there weren't developments using pre-stressed nets or webbing of polymers or other flexible fibres. That said, I don't follow the topic closely.




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