How does one incorporate green building techniques when it comes to building stone walls? That is an interesting question – the answer to which is riddled with many twists and turns based on what you are building, what materials are being used and how it is put together. It is a question I have delved [...]
Sometimes a photograph can open up a whole chapter in your life. After seeing this image to the right in a magazine, my wife and I became obsessed with these mysterious stone houses built inside of a hole in a cliff. Who built them? And why did they seem so abandoned? It took a bit [...]
This is an exciting time to be involved in construction. There is a widening acceptance of ecologically-minded practices among the American public, and a growing number of builders and architects are promoting and taking pride in their adherence to the philosophy of Green or Sustainable Construction. But how does stone fit into this equation? There [...]
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