Stone

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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Can stone be a viable modern building material? Dezeen’s Stone Age 2.0 series explores the material’s re-emergence and potential to be a durable, low-carbon alternative to steel and concrete. Starting today, our week-long Stone Age 2.0 series will investigate how a small, but growing, group of architects and engineers are rediscovering the potential of one

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ACAN Natural Materials Group co-ordinator Aurore Baulier calls on architects to embrace stone’s natural qualities and reintroduce the material into their toolkits, in this Stone Age 2.0 interview. “Obviously, you can shape concrete into all these fancy forms, but if you’re clever with stone, you can do incredible stuff,” Baulier told Dezeen. “Stone can be

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