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Here’s the guide architects and building professionals need to meet the exploding demand for using stone in contemporary architecture and understand why stone is an attractive and practical option for new construction.

Magnificently illustrated with 300 illustrations (200 in beautiful full-color), the author covers every type of structure, including:

* Residential

* Religious

* Civic

* Commercial

Extensive case studies, primarily for structures built within the last decade, cover:

* Plans and elevations

* Creative ideas for using technological innovations to work with stone

* How to select and work with stone in conjunction with light conditions, water, and other materials

* The basics of cutting, surface treatment, and weathering

* How to incorporate stone into natural or urban landscapes

With a vast array of stone from all over the world now readily available, there is no better guide to using it in today’s structures than New Stone Architecture.

David Dernie (Cambridge, UK) is a Lecturer at the University of Cambridge and at the Bartlett, University of London, where he researches the use of materials in architecture.

Chapter 1: The Technologies of Stone: Ways to communicate in stone with an emphasis on recent structural and technological innovations.

Hans Kollhoff: Potsdamerplatz project: Berlin, Germany, 2000

Hervé Beaudouin: extension to Chamber of Agriculture, Niort, France, 1998

Michael Hopkins: Queens Building, Emmanuel College,Cambridge, UK, 1995

Ian Ritchie: Crystal Palace Sports Centre, London, UK, 2001

Marc Mimram: Residences, 72 Boulevard Barbes, Paris, France, 1995

Per Christian BrynildsenandJan Olay Jensen: Leper Hospital, Lasur, Chopda, India, 1998

Alan Short: Brewery in Malta, 1988

Renzo Piano: Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church, Italy, 1991-2003

Per Christian BrynildsenandJay Olay Jensen: Mortensrud Church, Norway, 2002

Alberto Campo Baeza: Caja General de Ahorros, Granada, Spain, 2000

Chapter 2: Petrified Landscapes: Stone and the landscape: stone employed for its qualities of a natural material: The use of stone in the context of a natural landscape or in urban contexts to refer to ‘nature.

Zvi Hecker and Rafi Segal: Palmach Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1998

Antoine Predock: Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts, Alto, NM, USA, 1997

Ruiz-LarreaandAssociates: Ethnographic Museum, Guimar, Tenerife, Spain, 1997

Juan Navarro Baldeweg: Altamira Museum and Study Centre, Santillana del Mar, Spain, 2000

Gouwy, Grima, Rames: private house, Séniergues, France, 1998

Souto Moura: house in Moledo, Porto, Portugal, 1998

Souto Moura: Football Stadium, Braga, Portugal, 2001

Alvaro Siza: Centre for Contemporary Arts, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 1993

Edourd François: Immeuble qui pousse, Montpellier, France, 2000

Kengo Kuma: Stone Museum, Nasu, Japan, 1996

Renzo Piano: Bleyeler Museum, Basle, Switzerland, 1997

Chapter 3: The Foundation of Tradition: Stone in the urban setting

M Ungers: Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany, 2001

Berthold H. Penkhues: museum in Korbach, Germany, 1999

Rafael Moneo: City Hall, Murcia, Spain, 1999

Antoine Predock: Center for Integrated Systems, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA, 1997

Richard Meier: Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 1998

Eric Parry: office building, Finsbury Square, London + Foundress Court, Pembroke College, Cambridge, UK, 2001

Tony Fretton: private house, Chelsea, London, UK, 2001

Rafaele Cavadini: municipal buildings in Iragna, Switzerland, 1999

Henning Larsen: Kunsthalle, Tyskland, Germany

OrtnerandOrtner: Museum of Modern Art, Vienna, Austria, 2001

Meck, Koppel: Cemetery Complex, Riem, Munich, Germany, 2001

C Martinez, E Pemjean, R Pemjean: Town Hall and meeting room, Madarcos, Spain, 1996

MadridejosandSancho: Town HallandCivic Center, San Fernando de Henares, Spain, 1996

Mario Botta: Synagogue Cymbalista, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1999

Mario Botta: Chapel of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Monte Tamano, Switzerland, 1996

Wandel, Hoefer, LorchandHirsch: New Synagogue in Dresden, Germany, 2001

Franceso Venezia: Piazza at Lauro, Italy, 1976

Franceso Venezia: Funerary Chapel, Trapiani, 1992