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Powerhouse Company completes Europe’s first mass-timber academic building

March 14, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Dutch studio Powerhouse Company has created the Marga Klompé Building at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, is “the first college building in Europe to be entirely constructed from solid wood”. Situated on a forested university campus in Tilburg, the cuboid building has a mass timber structure and facades clad in Portuguese stone. The main structure and internal

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Gabion walls filled with stone “camouflage” Indian home by Earthscape Studio

March 8, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Large rocks from the surrounding area are suspended in a gabion wall around The Infinite Rise, a holiday home in southern India by local architecture practice Earthscape Studio. The Infinite Rise is located near the village of Anaikatti on an elevated, rocky site that provides expansive views across the surrounding mountain ranges. Looking to disrupt

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BDR Architekci clads columbarium in Poland with pale sandstone

February 22, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Pale sandstone walls bring a “warm and welcoming” feel to this columbarium in a cemetery in Radom, Poland, which has been completed by local studio BDR Architekci. Located in the centre of Radom Municipal Cemetery – one of the largest cemeteries in Poland – the columbarium has 2,000 storage niches for funeral urns, organised across

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Ten contemporary buildings that showcase the versatility of structural stone

February 16, 2024 Starr Charles 0

To conclude our Stone Age 2.0 series, we’ve collected 10 recently completed and upcoming buildings that show the potential of structural stone as a modern construction material. This week, Stone Age 2.0 has explored the viability of stone as a modern, low-carbon building material that could help the construction industry minimise its vast carbon footprint. Among

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“We are proposing a simple switch from concrete to stone” says The Stone Collective

February 16, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

The recently launched The Stone Collective is aiming to weaken concrete and steel’s hold on the architecture industry. As part of our Stone Age 2.0 series, the team explains its ambition. “There is a lack of exposure to stone projects by contemporary architects everywhere,” said spokesperson Pierre Bidaud, member of The Stone Collective. “It’s a

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Why aren’t more architects using stone as a building material?

February 15, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

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 feature. Arup geologist Paola Blasi, who advises architects on how to use stone, said the material is finally reappearing

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Sagrada Familia shows stone “can return to being used as a structural material”

February 15, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Harnessing stone as a structural material can make architecture more enjoyable to both build and inhabit argues Tristram Carfrae, an Arup engineer working on the Sagrada Familia, in this Stone Age 2.0 interview. Carfrae, who is a deputy chair of engineering firm Arup, believes that the potential of stone in architecture lies far beyond what

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

February 14, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

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 interview. “I would caution against claims of stone being a revolutionary sustainable material – we miss the opportunity to think critically when

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The Dezeen guide to stone in architecture, interiors and design

February 13, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

As part of our Stone Age 2.0 series, we’re republishing our stone guide that includes 15 popular types of natural rock, some of which can be used for architectural structures. Alabaster Alabaster is a soft, fine-grained stone that has been used for centuries to carve elaborate forms and ornaments. However, its solubility in water means

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