Patent ID: 8091300

Claim:
A block for use in a building panel, the block comprising: a plurality of layer components, each of the layer components being separately formed from the others, each of the layer components providing a building function selected from the group consisting of: a load-bearing support function, an environmental protection function, and a utility function; wherein at least one of the plurality of layer components comprises a plurality of protruding members and a plurality of tensile reinforcement members, wherein selected ones of the tensile reinforcement members are wound about selected ones of the protruding members so as to resist forces present or created on edges of the block without the use of a filler material; and such that a constructive material used to form each of the layer components and a configuration of each of the layer components are selected so as to allow the building panel to meet at least one predetermined criteria when the block is disposed in the building panel and coupled to other blocks.