Stone architecture
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about Stone architecture
Project • By Urban Soul Project • Hotels
CHORA at Domes of Elounda
CHORA is the new extension of Domes of Elounda, part of the Autograph Collection, introducing a quieter, more intimate hospitality experience shaped by the Cretan landscape. The project comprises seventeen independent guest units and a communal area with a restaurant and outdoor pool, balancing a sense of retreat with a more social side of the project.
Mara Lazaridou, Stefanos Malamas
Mara Lazaridou, Stefanos Malamas
Mara Lazaridou, Stefanos Malamas
The architectural composition unfolds as a series of single-storey, stone-built volumes that settle naturally into the terrain. Patios, planted paths, private plunge pools and outdoor living spaces establish a continuous dialogue between architecture and landscape. Drawing on the... More
Project • By Eklekt Atelier • Private Houses
New Orange
New Orange House is a single-family residence in Poland, designed as a fully integrated architectural and interior project. Conceived as a contemporary private home, the project emphasizes continuity between architecture, interior space, and landscape, ensuring a coherent design language from the overall form to material and spatial detail.
Eklekt Atelier
The house is defined by a strong horizontal composition based on the contrast between solidity and lightness. A stone-clad ground floor anchors the building to the site, while the upper level appears as a dark, cantilevered volume that provides privacy for the night zone. Large glazed openings and recessed volumes establish a direct visual and spatial connection between the interior... More
News • Specification • 30 May 2024
10 educational establishments that make use of natural stone
Stone is a natural, low-carbon, robust, and reusable material. In construction, stone is a viable alternative to both concrete and steel, especially in terms of its compressive strength and lower carbon emissions. The Industrial Revolution spurred a shift away from traditional vernacular materials (such as stone, timber, and thatch) towards carbon-intensive, mineral-based materials (namely concrete and steel), the latter considered to be modern and forward-looking.
However, we know that construction and the built environment contribute significantly to annual global carbon emissions with a combination of operational carbon and embodied carbon. Embodied carbon emissions arise from the manufacturing, transportation, construction, and end-of-... More
News • News • 8 Feb 2024
Atelier Archiplein adds an impressive open stone gallery in the restoration of a Capuchin convent
Geneva-based architecture and urbanism firm Atelier Archiplein has completed the restoration and transformation of a historic Capuchin convent in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, a region in eastern France. Dating back to the 18th century, the convent’s buildings have been reappropriated for use as an artist residence. Atelier Archiplein’s careful approach to the restoration establishes a connection between the convent’s living spaces, its facades, and cobbled courtyard via new monumental openings. On the garden side, an impressive open gallery made from Hauteville limestone (from Plateau d’Hauteville in eastern France) connects the convent’s north wing with the landscape.
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Built in several stages... More
News • News • 13 Jul 2023
House in Hauts-de-Seine marries traditional French architecture with contemporary forms
The renovation and extension of an existing house in Hauts-de-Seine, a suburb of Paris, marries architectural styles from the 1930s and modern-day. The project was led by Paris-based Hemaa Architectes, whose approach champions architecture that is rooted in the history and geography of a place.
Sergio Grazia
The site was occupied by a traditional millstone home from the 1930s. For this particular project, Hemaa Architectes retained a part of the original residence notable for its architectural heritage; the remainder of the house was demolished owing to its dilapidated state.
HEMAA
HEMAA
“A technical and historical analysis of the existing structure showed that the house had undergone a number of transform... More
News • News • 5 Jul 2023
The quiet form of Enso House II invites a pilgrimage between spaces
Enso House II is a private residence located in San Miguel de Allende, a small city in Guanajuato, Mexico. Designed by HW Studio Arquitectos, the house is an inconspicuous stone dwelling, its quiet form drawing on a regional vernacular and blending with the natural, semiarid surroundings. The design of Enso House II is in keeping with HW studio’s approach to architecture, one that embraces silence and beauty, functionality and meaning.
Cesar Bejar
Cesar Bejar
In this project, HW Studio Arquitectos present a home that is an example of slow architecture, one that emphasizes sustainability and durability. In slow architecture, a building’s design works in harmony with the environment, utilizes durable and local m... More
Project • By Clark Richardson Architects • Private Houses
Crestvale Residence
The Crestvale Residence is a single-family home occupying the edge of a large corner lot in South Austin. This position allowed for an ample forecourt at the main entry punctuated by a heritage oak adjacent to the street. The front, side, and rear of the home open to the intermediate landscape at all sides. This intermediate zone consists of a simple grass playscape and is framed by a linear garden running along the property line consisting of both food and medicinal gardens in support of the owner’s business as an herbalist and wildcrafter.
Chase Daniel
The residence adheres to a simple volumetric diagram where a dark, stucco-clad, two story, rectangular massing is intersected by three secondary volumes clad in rubble format ma... More