stone architecture
Buildings from rock
Stone architecture is building construction using natural stone as the primary structural material.
The term encompasses everything from ancient megalithic structures to Gothic cathedrals to modern decorative facades.
Stone architecture often implies permanence, grandeur, or traditional craftsmanship: The university's stone architecture gave the campus a timeless quality.
The phrase distinguishes buildings from those using wood, brick, concrete, or steel.
- cathedralsPrincipal churches of dioceses
- flying buttressExternal arch transferring thrust
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- masonryBuilding with mortared blocks
- castlesFortified royal residences
ancient ruins · corbelling · vaulted ceiling · marble · ashlar · limestone · bridges · amphitheaters · quarrying · Greek temples · arches · load bearing walls · megaliths · aqueducts · carving · mausoleums · sandstone · slate
- Chachapoyamountain fortresses, sarcophagi, cloud forest, defensive walls
- ZimbabweZimbabwe, Harare, Shona, Victoria Falls, Triangle
- Natufian cultureLevant, bone tools, mortars, pestles, round houses
- PalestineWest Bank, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Bethlehem, Ramallah
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Construction using joined heavy wood
log construction · adobe construction · wooden construction · wooden architecture · brick architecture
stone architecturetemporary structures
Constructions not meant to last
yurts · pavilions · mobile homes · prefab housing · lean-tos
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