Stone

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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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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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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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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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 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 series. When we look back, ignoring stone will seem like a great missed opportunity. Why did we persist with

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