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At a first glance it seems strange that a timber building in the Netherlands is clad in natural stone from Portugal. In the case of the Marga Klompé lecture hall and study building on campus in Tilburg it actually makes sense. The team of Powerhouse Company uses the marble facade to refer to the...

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The Lightness of Stone

Solid construction is associated with weight, permanence, and immobility. This issue argues otherwise. Hand-pressed bricks, wax-treated rammed earth composed of demolition material, cyclopean concrete from limestone and rubble, h**p lime as a renewable material for the future – each detail explores what masonry can do when it is rethought. Does the heaviest building material have the lightest future?

Documented projects by: EMI Architekt*innen, Kika Brockstedt / Kasia Mijas-Galloway, Camps Felip Arquitecturia, Schulz und Schulz, Felt architecture & design + Osk-ar architecten, Tuckey Design Studio, Joan Fortuny Arquitectos + Alventosa Morell Arquitectes

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