John Shaw-Rimmington started building dry stone walls after the stones themselves complained to him. It was the 1980s, and he was living in Ontario, working for clients who wanted decorative stone ...

Your garden wants bones as much as blossoms. Edges that hold their line when the winter rain turns paths to porridge, and a place for birds and beetles to tuck in. A dry‑stone wall built from natural ...

ETH Zurich researchers taught an autonomous excavator to construct dry stone walls itself using boulders weighing several tonnes and demolition debris. * dry stone wall construction has involved vast ...

ENGLAND IS GOOD AT GROWING, IT’S ROCKS. AND IF THOSE ROCKS ARE LUCKY, THEY JUST MIGHT TURN INTO STONES. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A ROCK AND A STONE IS THAT A ROCK IS JUST AN UNEMPLOYED STONE BECAUSE A ...

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Cormac MacConnell explores the history, artistry and skill behind Ireland's iconic stone walls and recalls his memories of some of the more wonderful examples throughout his life. There is a young, ...

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In Europe they’re a quaintly indelible part of the landscape. In the U.K alone, an estimated 74,000 miles of stone walls, built without mortar or rebar, are etched through the landscape. Forestville ...

In a move that aims to further the circular economy of the construction industry, researchers at ETH Zurich have let an autonomous excavator loose on a big pile of boulders and reclaimed concrete. The ...