Stone

From the studies of ancient times, it is known that man kind has used the materials present in his/hers surrounding nature; in this topic, stone is going to be studied as a building material in archicteture.

media type="file" key="Stone.mp3" width="240" height="20" Stones are mineral gatherings compressed in undefined forms by the weight and movements of Earth's tectonic plates. Even though I've seen at least 1000 differents stones during my life, I don't know the name of any, but I do know that stones differ one from others due to their different compositions. Some stones are used in constructions because of their toughness and durability and others are used as veneer to create colorful façades that also come atractive with the texture of the stone. Depending of the dimensions of the stones, they can be used on the surface of streets and walkways because they are able to support big cuantites of mass. Bigger stones were used as structural elements because of their stability and endurance. **The are many types of stones, the small ones like rubble are cheaper, they work as filling support for bigger stones in order to raise stone walls. Meanwhile, ashlar masonry is a bigger and regular-shaped kind of stone and it works very well with strong bonding

The use of stone has as a benefit that ,in certain constructions, it can be used in its natural state. However, stone has tension limitations when supporting some other structural elements (for example: beams, lintels and floors). Stones are also used for roofing but it takes a large a number of columns to support this type structures and due to this, wood is sometimes combined with stones constructions. Stones like rubber are smaller and cheaper, they work as filling support for bigger stones in order to raise stone walls. Meanwhile, ashlar masonry is a bigger and regular-shaped kind of stone and it works very well with strong bonding.** .

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