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Patio House by herchell arquitectos

Archinect

Casa Patio seeks to separate the space from daily life in the city and invite the user to live an experience, an escape into the unknown, a refuge where the steel columns shelter those exterior corridors embraced by central patios which they asked nature for permission to coexist with her in the same harmony.

Housing 246
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Casa Fly by BEEF architekti

Archinect

Mallorca is an island full of beautiful natural landscapes together with picturesque stone towns full of history and tradition. Our design reflects it by using traditional techniques and materials as stones from a local quarry. First of all, the windows are pushed inside of the structure i.

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Modern Texas Farmhouse by Cosan Studio

Archinect

The Texas Limestone found throughout the majority of the exterior and interior of the home was sourced from a local quarry. Natural cedar siding, aged to a beautiful silver-gray patina, was used on secondary facades as a contrasting material to the stone and metal roof.

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DnA_Design and Architecture transforms Chinese quarries into cultural spaces

Deezen

Chinese studio DnA_Design and Architecture has transformed a series of former stone quarries in Zhejiang Province into cultural spaces, making sensitive insertions into their grand hand-carved interiors. DnA_Design and Architecture has transformed a series of stone quarries into cultural spaces.

Space 145
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Why aren't more architects using stone as a building material?

Deezen

Stone has the potential to become a go-to, low-carbon structural material, but barriers around quarrying and a lack of awareness must be overcome to make this a reality, experts tell Dezeen in this Stone Age 2.0 The structural use of stone is not new," said Blasi.

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"I would caution against claims of stone being a revolutionary sustainable material" says Natalia Petkova

Deezen

The sustainability of structural stone is dependent on how and where it is quarried and its reputation as an infinite material is misleading, warns Slovak-British architect Natalia Petkova in this Stone Age 2.0 Dezeen spoke to her as part of its Stone Age 2.0 interview. "I

Materials 131
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"Stone makes sense, but it is not a silver bullet"

Deezen

The built environment must hark back to its low-carbon past and embrace stone as a structural material if it is to effectively tackle its environmental footprint, writes Steve Webb as part of our Stone Age 2.0 When we look back, ignoring stone will seem like a great missed opportunity. What about quarrying I hear you ask?

IT 135