Facades – The stone in August 2024

In the façade issue, we present three winners of the German Natural Stone Award and also show how a stone can emphasize the Mediterranean ambience of a luxury hotel. Another project blends harmoniously into the regional design of a town in the Sauerland region in a slate cladding. We were even able to discover a natural stone façade in rental housing. The “Hohenzollern Park” sandstone sets the desired accents here and scores with sustainability.

Sustainable construction is one of the key issues of our time. We have already reported on this frequently in STEIN in recent years. Recently, more and more architects have realized that natural stone is also the material of the hour in façade construction. Starting on page 6, we show you three completely different façades that were awarded the German Natural Stone Award 2024 at Stone+tec in Nuremberg. Rightly so, we think.

You can find out how a stone can emphasize the Mediterranean ambience of a luxury hotel from page 12 onwards. With the Quellenhof, we present a small, fine five-star hotel in South Tyrol, on whose façade a cleft rough stone was used as a brick slip. The façades of a private client in the Sauerland region are elegantly clad in slate. He attached great importance to the buildings blending in harmoniously with the surroundings.

Also at the top of his agenda: the topic of sustainability. From page 18 onwards, you can read how the architects met the requirements with a roof and façade made of slate. The fact that natural stone is now also being used for façades in the construction of rental apartments is very welcome news. You can see how harmonious the result can be from page 24 onwards.

Our author Michael Spohr has researched what machinery a stone processing company needs to be equipped with if it wants to get involved in façade construction. If you didn’t have time to travel to Nuremberg for Stone +tec yourself or simply want to refresh your impressions on site, then we recommend our detailed follow-up report from page 50. This much we can already spoil here: an all-round successful event that is well on the way to returning to its former strength!

We hope you enjoy reading STEIN!

Your Stein editorial team

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In our last issue 7/24, we look at the new focal point in the living area: the kitchen. Read more about it here.