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GIO Looks at the Timeless Legacy of Belgian Bluestone

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Belgian Bluestone, also known as “Petit Granit,” is a distinctive and high-quality limestone quarried in Belgium for centuries. The stone is also known by many other names: Pierre Bleu, Belgian Granite, Belgian Bleu, and Coal Limestone, to name just a few.

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Rustic-Meets-Modern Holiday Home Renovation in Rural Belgium

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Located in Belgium’s Walloon region, this inspiring holiday stone house flaunts a pitched roof reminiscent of the local architectural language. Locally-sourced materials were engaged in an architectural ballet under the attentive supervision of Dehullu Architecten. This building was something amazing to begin with.

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18th-Century House in Belgium Gets a Contemporary Steel Extension

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Puzzles Architecture took on the challenge of updating a family home in Lustin, Belgium, that was built in 1730. Constructed of two parts stone and one part cob, the house was perfectly integrated into its surroundings. The residence borders a river, an orchard, a garden and a forest.

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Letters from a traveling Architecture Student | Life of an Architect

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Home / Life in General / Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Bob Borson — October 24, 2013 — 38 Comments 23 years ago, as a fourth year architecture student, I spent the Fall semester traveling around Western Europe soaking in all the architectural wonders I could find.

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Cedar Shingles Cascading Down a Modern Courtyard House

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Architecture. Architecture. Architecture › Cedar Shingles Cascading Down a Modern Courtyard House. By Ada Teicu in Architecture. Piercing the air with an impressive observation tower, this residential project is organized around a central stacked stone wall that acts as the [.] -->. Architecture.

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A Clean Slate: How Rough Slate Can Have a Clean Aesthetic

Architectural Ceramics

At Architectural Ceramics, we’ve prepared a quick read for you about natural slate, and our client spaces and collections that feature it. Photo via Libby Turner Dickstein for Architectural Ceramics. European countries that are lesser known but also offer slate quarries are Belgium, Germany, Italy and Wales.

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Time2Design: Wallpaper Wednesday | Given Campbell

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And h er client list includes MTV , ABC Television, as well as the Wine Inns chain of pubs and wine shops in Belfast and the UK - not to mention a host of other clients are in Belgium, Germany, and London. Four Corners of Law & Architecture, Charleston So. architecture. sarasota architectural salvage. tile and stone.