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Stone as a structural material - Part 4
Not all contemporary innovation is about exploiting digital fabrication or creating wild new forms. By applying a new way of thinking to...
Stone as a structural material - Part 3
To utilise stone’s high ratio of compressive to tensile strength to maximum eɈect, stone structures can be compressed using tensioned...
Stone as a structural material - Part 2
Since the construction of the first British example of a cantilever stone staircase (Inigo Jones’ ‘tulip’ staircase in Queen’s House in...
Stone as a structural material - Part 1
Dimension stone has been employed as a structural material for thousands of years, but its use has declined in recent times. The loss of...
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