John Shaw-Rimmington started building dry stone walls after the stones themselves complained to him. It was the 1980s, and he ...

To conclude our Stone Age 2.0 series, we've collected 10 recently completed and upcoming buildings that show the potential of structural stone as a modern construction material.

Experts say the process of quarrying stone is one reason why there aren't more structural stone buildings. Photo by Paola Blasi. ... or they can be made into floor slabs.

Join us in Part 3 of our stone temple journey as we continue building this intricate structure by hand. Collecting and shaping stones has made progress slow, but every step brings us closer to ...

An oversized moon, no plants and unbreathable air. The base of the Wisconsin Gas Building is made of Morton Gneiss, a metamorphic rock that exhibits a swirling, multicolored pattern.

A year ago, when St. James House of Prayer Episcopal Church celebrated the 100th anniversary of its building, the congregation’s leaders were curious what type of stone was used in the construction.

A dry stone wall is a purposeful pile of rocks, held in place by friction and gravity rather than mortar. It’s one of the oldest building methods known to mankind, used over millennia to ...

A handy-sized unit of building material, typically rectangular and made of moist clay hardened by heat. In its more than 250-year history, St. Louis has earned plenty of nicknames. Among them is Brick ...