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Sandstone plant boxes on the façade as climate-friendly cladding for the outer skin of an office building
The architects of the PMA Madhushala office in the Indian city of Pune use shading and evaporation to create a bearable climate
Architecture
Congress on solid construction with stone: even as a building material, natural stone retains its beauty and decorative effect
Examples of stone in load-bearing use were shown at the Stone+tec trade fair
New on the building materials market: Stone Bricks bring the qualities of natural stone into a miniature format
Companies in England, Spain, Canada, and Germany already have such ashlars in their range
The Lido San Domenico on Lake Lugano is a perfect world and has been lovingly redesigned using leftover natural stone
The architect Enrico Sassi underlined the special atmosphere of the place and integrated it into the surroundings
Above Notre-Dame, La Flèche, the crossing tower, rises again into the sky over Paris
We report further successes the jargon of the craftsmen: “La Forêt” (The Forest) is also up again, and so are the “Grand Ducs” (Owls)
Climate protection in construction also includes reusing entire buildings and their building materials
The city can become a quarry, as the architects from Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) are demonstrating with the “Panorama St. Paul’s” building
New construction of Archiplein architects in Geneva: solid natural stone against climate change, steel rods against earthquakes
With the social housing on the banks of the Rhone, the Canton of Geneva and the Fondation Nicolas Bogueret also sent a political signal to the city of money
Stone+tec Architecture Congress in Nuremberg: building environmentally conscious with natural stone as a load-bearing material
Experts will show examples from Europe of the ecological (and aesthetic) strengths of solid stone walls
11th All India Stone Architecture Awards (1): innovative ideas for houses without air condition
The prize money in each of the four categories amounts to ₹ 100,000 (equivalent to around US$ 1,200)
The shortlist for the German Natural Stone Award 2024 has been announced
The award ceremony will take place during the Architecture Congress at the Stone+tec trade fair in Nuremberg on the evening of June 19, 2024
Solid construction with natural stone: in the “Stone Flow“ project, students from France and Egypt planned and built an entrance portal
The work can be seen at the French University of Egypt (UFE) in Cairo
The Spanish company Rosal Stones has stonemasons and students rebuild the Junterones vault from Murcia Cathedral to scale
The project entitled “Construir en Piedra Hoy“ (Building with Natural Stone Today) also focused on the ecological strengths of the material