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Bapagrama Stone House, Pragrup
Bapagrama Stone House, Pragrup
Building Case Studies
The strong straight lines of stone emerge into a homogenity that harmonizes with the surroundings. stone slabs spanning 14 ft in height, 2 ft in width, and 4" thick protect the wall from the storms and humid climate.
House In Tinos, Mx Architecture, Emmanuel Choupis
House In Tinos, Mx Architecture, Emmanuel Choupis
Building Case Studies
The vertical locally sourced natural stone masonry walls provide support to the horizontal raw-faced in-situ roofs. The thermal inertia of masonry slowing the rate of temperature change.
Villa Soset, Zecc Architecten
Villa Soset, Zecc Architecten
Building Case Studies
Located on the sloped hill in the forest, the use of stone on the façade creates a strong dialog between the building and the surrounding natural landcape. Stony façade anchored the building to the ground, giving durabiliy and sturdiness on its structure.
Hoiliday Villa In Vals (Villa Vals), Christian Müller Architects, Search
Hoiliday Villa In Vals (Villa Vals), Christian Müller Architects, Search
Building Case Studies
local quartzite collected from the springs and surrounding area
Hoiliday Villa In Vals (Villa Vals), Christian Müller Architects, Search
Hoiliday Villa In Vals (Villa Vals), Christian Müller Architects, Search
Building Case Studies
local quartzite collected from the springs and surrounding area
Ningbo Historic Museum, Wang Shu
Ningbo Historic Museum, Wang Shu
Building Case Studies
The architect used many abandoned local materials such as old bricks and shattered pottery pieces to make these 24 meters high exterior walls. The building resides in the mature perfectly, making the museum not just a place to collect history, it itself is a historic creature
Domus Impluvium, Bernardo Rodrigues
Domus Impluvium, Bernardo Rodrigues
Building Case Studies
The exterior to east and south is cast with the local lava stone, recalling the usual stone walls dividing the lands and protecting the houses all over the island landscape. On top a play with two moving cryptomeria wood volumes around the impluvium courtyard envelops the rooms and links also with the traditional added wood volumes seen all over the landscape.
South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre, Anagram Architects, Vaibhav Dimri, Madhav Raman
South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre, Anagram Architects, Vaibhav Dimri, Madhav Raman
Building Case Studies
A six brick module is laid in staggered courses that create twirling vertical stacks and an undulating surface.
Sgae Headquarters, Ensamble Studio
Sgae Headquarters, Ensamble Studio
Building Case Studies
Irregular ashlar's strips of various sizes and shapes organized to sit and lean against one another. Connected together at points with rebar. Represents the historica materials of the city.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Maya Lin
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Maya Lin
Building Case Studies
It is black granite from Bangalore, India, one of only three places in the world (the other countries are Sweden and South Africa) that you could get this amount of black granite in large sizes.
Temppeliaukio Kirkko (Rock Church), Timo And Tuomo Suomalainen
Temppeliaukio Kirkko (Rock Church), Timo And Tuomo Suomalainen
Building Case Studies
Unfinished rock is used as a façade material to fit into the context, but also is used as an interior material for acoustic qualities
Temppeliaukio Kirkko (Rock Church), Timo And Tuomo Suomalainen
Temppeliaukio Kirkko (Rock Church), Timo And Tuomo Suomalainen
Building Case Studies
Unfinished rock is used as a façade material to fit into the context, but also is used as an interior material for acoustic qualities
Beinecke Rare Book And Manuscript Library, Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill (Som)
Beinecke Rare Book And Manuscript Library, Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill (Som)
Building Case Studies
The 1 and 1/4 inch thick marble panes are thin enough to allow light to filter beyond the material and into the library space beyond, to light the space, but to not damge the collections.