This book is made up of contributions dealing with heritage stones from different countries around the world. The stones are described, as well as their use in

The campus of the California Institute of Technology was destined for architectural greatness when, in 1915, the university's visionary founder, astronomer Geor

This book is made up of contributions dealing with heritage stones from different countries around the world. The stones are described, as well as their use in

Heritage stones are those stones that have been used for many years, even centuries, to build the historic buildings and monuments of places around the world. S

The readers of the first two editions of Stone: Properties, Durabi lity in Man's Environment, were mostly architects, restoration architects of buildings and mo