Stone

Stone is a fascinating, fresh and insightful global tour of the world's oldest and most beautiful building material

Featuring more than 170 structures, from prehistory through to today, the book includes an incredible range of buildings: awe-inspiring Neolithic monuments and the epic Pyramids of Giza feature alongside the work of twentieth-century icons, from Mies van der Rohe's seminal Barcelona Pavilion to Marcel Breuer's daring Met building in New York.

There are also projects by the world's best contemporary architects, from Snøhetta's angular Norwegian National Opera and Ballet in Oslo to Kengo Kuma's sculptural Chokkura Plaza in Japan and David Chipperfield's geometric Museo Jumex in Mexico City.

Arranged to promote comparison and discussion, each project includes an extended caption providing a perceptive commentary on the building.

An elegant and informative visual exploration, Stone demonstrates the remarkable variety of creative and innovative structures the material has inspired around the world.

About the Author:

William Hall trained at Central Saint Martins and began his career in the office of the minimalist architect John Pawson. He now runs his own design practice in London, working with clients such as Calvin Klein, MoMA and Tate. Hall is the author of Concrete, Brick and Wood (Phaidon 2012, 2015 and 2017).

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• Like its predecessors Concrete, Brick, and Wood, Stone is a fascinating and informative look at the many incarnations of this exceptional building material - and, with its trademark textured jacket, is a gorgeous object in and of itself
• A global tour of the best stone architecture of the last five millennia, including delightful vernacular and regional structures, and entrancing prehistoric monuments
• Each project is beautifully illustrated and accompanied by an informative extended caption, offering multiple access points for casual readers - and organized into visual pairings that promote comparison and discussion
• Ideal for professional and academic readers as well as everyday fans of quality architecture