There is an infrastructure design trend unfolding in Greater Victoria that is creating ticking time bombs. I’m referring to the increasing use of one-metre-cube-sized boulders in large stacked-stone ...

Natural stone is an ancient material – people have used it to build their homes for centuries. Over all those years, master craftsmen have discovered how to maximize natural stone’s full potential for ...

Create intimate spaces that ground the rest of your outdoor living area by building a stone wall. As Jamie Durie showcases in this outdoor living room, stone walls can create intimate spaces that ...

• Stones with similar edges create a better fit, are supportive of those above and below, and generally make the work proceed faster. • Stones can sometimes be reshaped to fit in the wall but when ...

The Sculpture Garden at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C. as pictured in 2007. (Gryffindor/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain) The “key part” referenced by Sugimoto is the dry-stack stone walls ...

The addition of a natural stone veneer feature is a beautiful improvement to a home’s décor. Inside or out, stone walls, a mantel piece, hearth or front door surrounds, and other applications create ...