The water distribution into stone specimens in laboratory conditions is evaluated through the infrared thermography method (IRT). Porous building stones samples (calcarenite and sandstone) are examined under stable laboratory ...

The importance of a careful selection of rocks used in building facade cladding is highlighted. A simple and viable methodology for the structural detailing of dimension stones and the verification of the global performance ...

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the usefulness of indirect methods to estimate the uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) of building stones. For this purpose, the results of the UCS test on five types of ...

The high levels of atmospheric pollution in cities today are causing the decay of natural building stone,especially due to the formation of gypsum crusts on carbonate stones. For this reason we have assessedthe efficacy ...

The first Santiago of Chile's architecture was built with foreign forms of Spanish origin, but using existing local materials that were then available in Chile's central valley. Thus, earth and stone were the walls' raw ...

The aim of this study is to analyze the deterioration of the stone commercially known as “Mendicino calcarenite”, used for the building of two important portals in Cosenza (Italy), belonging to the Church of “San Francesco ...

Image depicts an unnamed church building located on the island of Trinidad, in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Postcard number C27263.

Grisolia is one of the building stones most commonly found in the architectural heritage of southern Italy. Also known commercially as “gold stone” for its yellow intrusions, Grisolia was employed by the leading Calabrian ...