A growing movement is reviving load-bearing masonry construction, using innovative techniques to overcome stone s limitations and reduce embodied carbon.
The Stone Collective is aiming to weaken concrete and steel's hold on the architecture industry. As part of Stone Age 2.0, the team explains its ambition.
It’s strong, plentiful and fireproof, as well as beautiful, yet stone has long been supplanted in the building industry by energy-consuming steel, concrete and brick. A trio of advocates for this age-old material say it’s time for a rethink