Stone

Foster + Partners staggers limestone towers to create roof terraces with sea views in Beirut

December 12, 2017 India Block 0

Foster + Partners has completed its first project in Lebanon, a trio of limestone-clad residential towers in downtown Beirut with views out over the Mediterranean, and a McLaren car showroom in its base. The stepped blocks are part of 3Beirut, a city centre development designed by British architecture firm Foster + Partners for Lebanese luxury property developer Sea View

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Historic homestead informs McLean Quinlan’s stone house in Wyoming

November 20, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

British architecture firm McLean Quinlan has constructed a stone house in Jackson, Wyoming, modelled on a nearby 19th-century log cabin. The House in Jackson is a two-storey rectangular construction with a cedar shingled roof, situated on a sloped, open plot with surrounding views of the Teton mountains. “The orientation, design, and natural materials – reclaimed

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Historic homestead informs McLean Quinlan’s stone house in Wyoming

November 20, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

British architecture firm McLean Quinlan has constructed a stone house in Jackson, Wyoming, modelled on a nearby 19th-century log cabin. The House in Jackson is a two-storey rectangular construction with a cedar shingled roof, situated on a sloped, open plot with surrounding views of the Teton mountains. “The orientation, design, and natural materials – reclaimed

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Combas uses natural stone to build “warm and robust” juvenile detention facility in Marseilles

November 20, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

This detention centre for minors in Marseilles offers an alternative to oppressive prison architecture through its muted material palette of natural stone and board-marked concrete. Nice-based architecture office Combas was responsible for designing the facility in the Chutes Lavie neighbourhood of Marseille’s 13th arrondissement. The studio was selected for the project following a competition organised

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Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architetti uses local stone and plaster for lakeside house

October 11, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Variously sized openings scattered across the traditional stone and plaster facades of this house in the Swiss town of Ascona provide views of the garden and Lake Maggiore. Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architetti, which is based on the opposite shore on the lake, was tasked with updating an existing house situated close to the centre

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BERG + KLEIN Have Designed A New Modern Villa In The Netherlands

September 27, 2017 Erin 0

Photography by Christian Richters   Architecture firm BERG + KLEIN, have designed a new villa in Hoek van Holland, The Netherlands, that combines concrete, wood, and natural stone.   Photography by Christian Richters On the facade of the home, large scale, sliding wood mullions made from Western Red Cedar provide shade, privacy and protection to the […]

BERG + KLEIN Have Designed A New Modern Villa In The Netherlands

September 27, 2017 Erin 0

Photography by Christian Richters   Architecture firm BERG + KLEIN, have designed a new villa in Hoek van Holland, The Netherlands, that combines concrete, wood, and natural stone.   Photography by Christian Richters On the facade of the home, large scale, sliding wood mullions made from Western Red Cedar provide shade, privacy and protection to the […]

BERG + KLEIN Have Designed A New Modern Villa In The Netherlands

September 27, 2017 Erin 0

Photography by Christian Richters   Architecture firm BERG + KLEIN, have designed a new villa in Hoek van Holland, The Netherlands, that combines concrete, wood, and natural stone.   Photography by Christian Richters On the facade of the home, large scale, sliding wood mullions made from Western Red Cedar provide shade, privacy and protection to the […]

BERG + KLEIN Have Designed A New Modern Villa In The Netherlands

September 27, 2017 Erin 0

Photography by Christian Richters   Architecture firm BERG + KLEIN, have designed a new villa in Hoek van Holland, The Netherlands, that combines concrete, wood, and natural stone.   Photography by Christian Richters On the facade of the home, large scale, sliding wood mullions made from Western Red Cedar provide shade, privacy and protection to the […]

BERG + KLEIN Have Designed A New Modern Villa In The Netherlands

September 27, 2017 Erin 0

Photography by Christian Richters   Architecture firm BERG + KLEIN, have designed a new villa in Hoek van Holland, The Netherlands, that combines concrete, wood, and natural stone.   Photography by Christian Richters On the facade of the home, large scale, sliding wood mullions made from Western Red Cedar provide shade, privacy and protection to the […]