It’s essential for architects to know how the material chosen for a project will perform under a variety of conditions and circumstances. Architects are faced with many building material options, but for designs or applications that call for cladding stone, there are fundamentally two options:
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Topics: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Marble and granite, American natural stone, Exterior applications, Sustainable Design, exterior, Indiana Limestone, French limestone, Stone Facades, Natural stone cladding
The Louis Vuitton Foundation has been a center of art and culture in Paris since it opened in 2014. Funded by the luxury goods powerhouse LVMH Moët Hennessy–Louis Vuitton, the building, a museum and cultural center, was designed by noted architect and king of amorphous design Frank Gehry and
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Topics: History and Heritage, Notable Installations, Environment, Corporate Responsabilities & Ethic, Architecture & Design Trends, stone sourcing, Museum, Limestone, Commercial flooring, Landscape Design, French limestone, Stone Facades, Natural stone cladding
Would you uproot your family from a comfortable life in Canada to settle in a new country, with two new jobs? To lead a new company division?
You would if you are Bryan Thorburn and Valerie Bergeron.
The two transferred from Quebec City to Paris this year to lead the burgeoning European and
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Topics: History and Heritage, Environment, Corporate Responsabilities & Ethic, Historic restoration, French limestone
There are many ways to delve into the beauty and elegance of French culture: You can focus on the food or art. But why not take a tour of France through natural stone? A feature of many of France’s famed monuments and buildings - whether 19th century designs or bold modern ones - is prized natural
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Topics: History and Heritage, Bethel white, French limestone
There are many sustainable practices that manufacturers of building materials can adopt, but there is only one building material that is inherently good for the earth and good for your health: natural stone.
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Topics: Cambrian Black, Georgia marble, Bethel white, Sustainable Design, Indiana Limestone, French limestone
If your thoughts on limestone are sculptures and boulders in parks, think again.
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Topics: Limestone, Wallace Creek, Saint Clair, Indiana Limestone, French limestone