In the image below, the Glossy setting is not ideal as we can see a clear reflection of the adjacent pool and concrete wall. The stone is not reflective however, it did darken up the mortar joints.

Architect Francis Kéré used locally sourced laterite to build the walls ... choice in architecture and design as it is ...

CHENNAI: While you walk through the dim hallways of the vernacular houses in south India, the breeze passes unhindered, and the feet feel the firmness on concrete floors exuding the coolness from the ...

The stone wall, which is 1.8 meters tall and 7 meters wide and runs east to west, is believed to have been a boundary that divided the central part of the castle and warriors’ residences.

Previous research held that the region’s architecture made a simple progression from round to rectangular structures during the early Stone Age. This research relied on qualitative descriptions ...