Stone building

Portuguese architect Tiago Sousa has renovated the remains of a traditional house in Romarigães by inserting a brick volume into an existing stone shell.

A minor road known as Sandy Lane leaves Corfe Castle just north of the railway bridge. It climbs quite steeply then runs ESE towards Swanage, quite high up on the southern flank of the ridge. Approaching Woolgarston on this road I spotted this wall under construction. For a few years of my life I made musical instruments, so was fascinated to see the methods which men who work in stone use to control their materials. Building a wall like this must be fantastically satisfying - what a way ...

10 cosy cottages in the Scottish countryside

taking on a traditional building form, the picture house uses a composition of windows and concrete frames to create a fusion of vernacular and contemporary design.

We’ve officially been “moved in” for around ten days now, and I couldn’t forget to document the house in its’ early stages before we slowly transform it into our home! Watch below for a complete room by room tour: If you’re brand new to the party—a quick backstory: We purchased this property in February 2018, […]

A master waller shares how to dry-lay stone walls that hold their ground for centuries.

Stone Cladding Options – Mountain Architects – Hendricks Architecture

German studio KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten have completed an art museum in Nanjing, China, with a series of narrow rectangular slits across the facade. Called Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, the building features two u-shaped structures which are joined by a central glass-roofed atrium. The travertine stone façade is up broken by tall windows, which are

sited along a sloping plot of wild land, block722's hill house negotiates and embraces the topography with stepping terraces.

The doorway from the courtyard to the Great Hall staircase redesigned in the 1570s, Old Wardour Castle