Digging into the detail: making the case for rammed earth We all know the stereotypes surrounding earth buildings. The very mention of...

Not all contemporary innovation is about exploiting digital fabrication or creating wild new forms. By applying a new way of thinking to...

To utilise stone’s high ratio of compressive to tensile strength to maximum eɈect, stone structures can be compressed using tensioned...

Since the construction of the first British example of a cantilever stone staircase (Inigo Jones’ ‘tulip’ staircase in Queen’s House in...

Dimension stone has been employed as a structural material for thousands of years, but its use has declined in recent times. The loss of...