Natural Stone in Projects

Each piece of natural stone seems to conjure up a story and with a timeless quality it brings really enhances almost any architectural style. The durability of natural stone as well as its ability to be sculpted into functional art give it a time honored respect that is hard to come by in building materials. Diverse building materials have prominently different constituents and processes that ultimately give them admirable performance characteristic's.
Natural Stone's Life Cycle

understanding a material’s life cycle is playing a significant role in decision making process in today’s green building economy and also should not be overlooked during the design and renovation projects. A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) systematically evaluates the environmental impacts related a building material or process. In this connection, natural stone has always been an environmentally preferable material. With minimal processing, natural stone comprises lower embodied energy in comparison with almost any material it replaces. It’s one of the nature’s oldest, most durable and permanent building materials.