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The 20 Most Visually Enticing Stone Facades Ever Presented on Freshome

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Charming and mysterious at the same time, stone facades continue to be a widespread exterior design choice at a time when new construction materials are being developed at a fast pace. We love walking through cities and stumbling on a stone house that strikes us with its romantic appearance.

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Contemporary Reinterpretation of Traditional Chalet: Hocker Farm in UK

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Donald Architecture completed the design of Hocker Farm , a charming stone cottage within The Peak District National Park in Longnor, Buxton, United Kingdom. ” Glass and stone define the exterior of the residence, which showcases an original appearance.

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Unique Fitzroy Park Home Embedded in Lush Surroundings

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Across a narrow stone and metal bridge in North London, a modern family home rises to impose its elegant shape on the grounds of what used to be a late 1950’s house in Fitzroy Park, London, United Kingdom. Architecture Fitzroy Park House Stanton Williams'

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

Ames Tile & Stone, in Vancouver provided slab isolation membrane and the NuHeat radiant heating system to enhance the performance of the floors. QEP will be representing the full line of Homelux-branded products and accessories throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean region. VP Marketing.

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Ceramic Collaborations

Diary of a Tile Addict

Enigma restaurant featuring Neolith sintered stone by TheSize. RIBA North is hosting Moulding Futures: Collaborative Explorations in Ceramics for Architecture symposium on Friday 8th December, a one-day event created by ECAlab and supported by Tile of Spain, the University of Liverpool and Leeds Beckett University. architecture.com.

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A Photo Tour of Salisbury Cathedral | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

This is looking up into the one area we weren’t allowed to climb … the actual spire itself (which at 404 feet, it is the tallest spire in all of the United Kingdom.) link] Bob Borson I choose not to make this a forum for religious or political commentary, but rather an appreciation of the architecture at hand.

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An American in London | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

That means she allows for architectural excursions, while also allowing for more family centric activities and things where my daughter might have a higher tolerance level. Went on one this week; well worth the time for the anecdotes alone, let alone the architecture. Architectural (strictly for me ) 2.