Imitation stone

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News • News • 17 Sep 2024

Minty House extension by Peter Morris Architects uses polystyrene-based imitation stone material

“Minty House” is the result of a colorful and quirky architectural intervention on a Victorian home in London’s West Hampstead. Completed by London-based Peter Morris Architects, it includes a novel extension that uses an ultralight polystyrene-based imitation stone material painted in mint ice cream green. Juliet Murphy Peter Morris Architects Minty House is located on a street of Victorian houses. A project for a young family, its key feature is the inclusion of a rear 15-square-meter (162-square-feet) kitchen extension with a filled-in side return alongside a full refurbishment of the home. Peter Morris Architects takes a colorful approach to architecture and design and the studio envisaged the extens... More

News • Partner News • 20 Mar 2024

Introducing Partner Geopietra

Geopietra® is an international brand and an Italian company founded in 1996, specialized in the production and sale of manufactured stone cladding in Europe. The brand embodies the principles of top quality, innovation, elegance and attention to detail, intrinsic to Italian design. Geopietra® believes in the high quality resulting from handmade production, which is reflected in the attention to detail of its manufactured stone. Made from hand-painted individual stones, Geopietra® cladding faithfully recreates the weathered look of ancient masonry, raising this material to an exceptional level of maturity and versatility and making it extraordinarily modern.   Geopietra® is not just aesthetic beauty, but it’s fun... More