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Stone can reenter the built environment as a go-to low-carbon structural material, but barriers must be overcome to make this a reality, say experts.
Natural stone building materials can add beauty, sophistication and value to any home design. Authentic, straight from the earth and crafted using centuries of technique and knowledge, ...
Even stone veneer tends to be pricier than other exterior siding materials. No design flexibility: Choose your stone ...
Just as other kitchen design trends come and go, countertop materials move in and out of fashion. But the latest craze is ...
Scientists have developed a new building material that is fire resistant to temperatures in excess of 1100 degrees Celsius, is made largely from recycled material and is as versatile as concrete.
Working in collaboration with landscape architects, Østengen & Bergo, Bergen-based architects Fortunen AS have just carefully installed a compact service building at the base of the beautiful ...
ATLANTIC CITY — Outside the First Presbyterian Church on the corner of Pennsylvania and Pacific Avenues, Benjamin Rojas, 32, described the pride he took in demolishing this 19th-century building.
The early innovator was one of the first to manufacture and sell the concrete cast-stone building material. Its 1872 headquarters and showroom is the “earliest known concrete building in New York City ...
Paine believes that, if the building industry embraced the natural variations and irregularities of stone, it could become the ultimate low-cost, low-carbon building material. “If we accept ...
Stone sloops were a common way to move stone building materials from quarries along the coast to ports where they could offload for use there, or for transport by rail to further destinations.