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For thousands of years, we used natural stone to create the most incredible and long lasting architecture. But then, suddenly, we stopped using stone. Why?In this video, we do a deep dive in this beautiful, wonderful material. We interview the commercial director at Carrières du Hainaut, John Vis, and Pierre Bidaud from the Stonemasonry Company in London.
The biggest question is: can we still build with stone today? Is it feasible, and what are the benefits of using stone? Are there any drawbacks? And most of all: is it too expensive, or can it be affordable?Subscribe to The Aesthetic City and join our mission to make our cities and buildings more beautiful, livable and long lasting.
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🙏🏼A special THANK YOU to the following people:
- Pierre Bidaud
- John Vis
- Micah Springut
- Klaus Rieck
- Studio Archiplein
- 11H45 and Leo Fabrizio
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📖 Favourite Urbanism & Architecture Books
Léon Krier: The Architecture of Community - amzn.to/4cVhS8e
Nir Buras: The Art of Classic Planning - amzn.to/3Wjhriz
Jane Jacobs: The Death and Life of Great American Cities - amzn.to/4cy7CTq
Vitruvius Pollio: The Ten Books on Architecture - amzn.to/4cyxwXh
Charles Montgomery: Happy City - amzn.to/3LldSlC
Malcolm Millais: Exploding the Myths of Modern Architecture - amzn.to/3Wh45mJ
James Stevens Curl: Making Dystopia - amzn.to/3zFzN4s
Branko Mitrovic: Architectural Principles in the Age of Fraud - amzn.to/3RZTD0s
Tom Wolfe: From Bauhaus to Our House - amzn.to/3S5mgtb
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Leo Fabrizio
Atelier Archiplein
Teomancimit - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
Rolf Cosar - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
Radosław Botev - Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 plSue Fleckney - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0German Archaeological Institute, photo E. Kücük -
Rammed earth: Moshirah - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
Tamsin Slater - Attribution-Share Alike
Miles Glendinning - Creative commons Attribution 4.0
Ervin Malicdem - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
Fred Romero - Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
Aarni Salomaa - Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Head to squarespace.com/theaestheticcity to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code THEAESTHETICCITY
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For thousands of years, we used natural stone to create the most incredible and long lasting architecture. But then, suddenly, we stopped using stone. Why?In this video, we do a deep dive in this beautiful, wonderful material. We interview the commercial director at Carrières du Hainaut, John Vis, and Pierre Bidaud from the Stonemasonry Company in London.
The biggest question is: can we still build with stone today? Is it feasible, and what are the benefits of using stone? Are there any drawbacks? And most of all: is it too expensive, or can it be affordable?Subscribe to The Aesthetic City and join our mission to make our cities and buildings more beautiful, livable and long lasting.
———
💪🏽 Support this channel by becoming a patron: patreon.com/the_aesthetic_city
✨ Subscribe to our substack: substack.com/@theaestheticcity?utm_source=profile-page
🎙️ Listen to our podcast: open.spotify.com/show/4cU3tcGKXiziKGuvfd3KIa?si=32da1b2ed8f44d79
𝕏 Follow us on X:https://x.com/_Aesthetic_City
🗣️ Join our community on Discord: discord.com/invite/wQ7zPKUTC2
💻 Visit our website: theaestheticcity.com
==========
🙏🏼A special THANK YOU to the following people:
- Pierre Bidaud
- John Vis
- Micah Springut
- Klaus Rieck
- Studio Archiplein
- 11H45 and Leo Fabrizio
==========
Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission if you click on them and make a purchase. This comes at no additional cost to you and helps support the channel.
🎥 Video equipment I used:
Sony A7siii - amzn.to/407B2Ru
Sony - FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS amzn.to/3GLYWLw
Sony Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 amzn.to/3zX1D9h
Ronin RS 3 - amzn.to/40hJde8
Apple Macbook Pro M1 Max amzn.to/3L1iHRE
Røde Wireless Go II amzn.to/3IIvGpR
==========
📖 Favourite Urbanism & Architecture Books
Léon Krier: The Architecture of Community - amzn.to/4cVhS8e
Nir Buras: The Art of Classic Planning - amzn.to/3Wjhriz
Jane Jacobs: The Death and Life of Great American Cities - amzn.to/4cy7CTq
Vitruvius Pollio: The Ten Books on Architecture - amzn.to/4cyxwXh
Charles Montgomery: Happy City - amzn.to/3LldSlC
Malcolm Millais: Exploding the Myths of Modern Architecture - amzn.to/3Wh45mJ
James Stevens Curl: Making Dystopia - amzn.to/3zFzN4s
Branko Mitrovic: Architectural Principles in the Age of Fraud - amzn.to/3RZTD0s
Tom Wolfe: From Bauhaus to Our House - amzn.to/3S5mgtb
==========
©️ Copyright info:
11H45
Leo Fabrizio
Atelier Archiplein
Teomancimit - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
Rolf Cosar - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
Radosław Botev - Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 plSue Fleckney - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0German Archaeological Institute, photo E. Kücük -
Rammed earth: Moshirah - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
Tamsin Slater - Attribution-Share Alike
Miles Glendinning - Creative commons Attribution 4.0
Ervin Malicdem - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
Fred Romero - Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
Aarni Salomaa - Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Tour Totem on Flickr - Yves Jalabert - ATTRIBUTION-SHAREALIKE 2.0 GENERIC
