Here's the guide architects and building professionals need to meet the exploding demand for using stone in contemporary architecture and understand why stone is an attractive and practical option for new construction.

Magnificently illustrated with 300 illustrations (200 in beautiful full-color), the author covers every type of structure, including:Residential、Religious、Civic、Commercial.

 Introduction The Power of Stone

 Introduction

Chapter 1 Building in Stone

 Introduction

 Case Studies

 Christian Brynildsen

 and Jan Olav Jensen

 Leper Hospital, Lasur,

 Chopda, India, 1995

 Peake, Short and Partners

 Brewery, Malta, 1991

 lan Ritchie Architects

 Greenhouse and Park

 Terrasson, France, 1994

 lan Ritchie Architects

 London Regatta Centre,

 London, UK, 1999

 Eric Parry Architects

 Foundress Court, Pembroke

 College, Cambridge, UK, 1998

 OM Ungers

 Wallraf-Richartz- Museum,

 Cologne, Germany, 2001

 Mario Botta

 Synagogue Cymbalista,

 Tel Aviv, Israel, 1996-8

 Edouard Frangois

 and Associates

 ChAteau-le-Lez Housing,

 Montpellier, France, 2000

 Marc Mimram

 Residences, 72 Boulevard

 Barbes, Paris, France, 1995

  Michael Hopkins

 Queen's Building, Emmanuel

 College, Cambridge, UK, 1995

 Wandel Hoefer Lorch + Hirsch

 New Synagogue, Dresden

 (Saarbrucken), Germany, 2001

Chapter 2 Petrified

 Landscapes

 Introduction

 Case Studies

 Eduardo Souto de Moura

 Football Stadium, Braga,

 Portugal, 2003

 Antoine Predock

 Spencer Theater

 for the Performing Arts,

 Alto, New Mexico, 1997

 Jensen & Skodvin Architects

 Mortensrud Church, Oslo,

 Norway, 2002

 Juan Navarro Baldeweg

 Museum and Study Centre,

 Altamira Caves, Cantabria,

 Spain, 1997-2000

 Renzo Piano Building Workshop

 Beyeler Museum, Basle,

 Switzerland, 1997

 Kengo Kuma

 Stone Museum, Nasu,

 Japan, 2000

 C6sar Ruiz-Larrea Cangas

 and Associates

 Ethnographic Museum,

 Guimar, Tenerife, Spain, 1999

 Gouwy, Grima, Rames

 Private house, S6niergues,

 France, 1998

 Eduardo Souto de Moura

 House, Moledo, Porto,

 Portugal, 1998

 Zvi Hecker and Raft Segal

 Palmach Museum, Tel Aviv,

 Israel, 1998

 Alvaro Siza

 Galician Centre of

 Contemporary Art, Santiago de

 Composteta, Spain, 1988-93

 Renzo Piano Building Workshop

 Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church,

 Foggia, Italy, 1991-2003

Chapter 3 Urban Stones

 Introduction

 Case Studies

 Rafael Moneo

 City Hall, Murcia, Spain, 1999

 Madridejos and Sancho

 Town Hall and Civic Centre,

 San Fernando de Henares,

 Spain, 1994-6

 C Martinez, E Pemjean,

 R Pemjean

 Town Hall and Meeting Room,

 Madarcos, Spain, 1996

 Raffaele Cavadini

 Municipal Buildings, Iragna,

 Switzerland, 1994-5

 Antoine Predock

 Center for Integrated Systems,

 Stanford University, Palo Alto,

 California, USA, 1997

 Eric Parry Architects

 Office Building, 27-30 Finsbury

 Square, London, UK, 2002

 Richard Meier

 Getty Center, Los Angeles,

 California, 1984-97

 Berthold H. Penkhues

 Museum in Korbach,

 Germany, 1999

 Ortner and Ortner

 Museum for Modern Art,

 Vienna, Austria, 2001

 Tony Fretton Architects

 Private House, Chelsea,

 London, UK, 2001

 Endnotes

 Selected Reading

 Project credits

 Index

 Picture credits

 Acknowledgements