John Shaw-Rimmington started building dry stone walls after the stones themselves complained to him. It was the 1980s, and he was living in Ontario, working for clients who wanted decorative stone ...

ETH Zurich researchers taught an autonomous excavator to construct dry stone walls itself using boulders weighing several tonnes and demolition debris. * dry stone wall construction has involved vast ...

Ever heard of dry stone walling? It’s worth investigating if you’re looking for a ruggedly beautiful, green type of fence that stands the test of time. Read our interview with John Bland of Montreal’s ...

What is a dry stone wall? A dry stone wall is built with only one ingredient - natural stone. There’s no mortar gluing everything together or backup made of concrete blocks. How does it stay up? You ...

Researchers taught an autonomous excavator to construct dry stone walls itself using boulders weighing several tons and demolition debris. Until today, dry stone wall construction has involved vast ...

ENGLAND IS GOOD AT GROWING, IT’S ROCKS. AND IF THOSE ROCKS ARE LUCKY, THEY JUST MIGHT TURN INTO STONES. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A ROCK AND A STONE IS THAT A ROCK IS JUST AN UNEMPLOYED STONE BECAUSE A ...

Ireland’s practice of Dry Stone Construction has officially been inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The inscription was officially announced ...

Many years ago, when I was young and foolish, I decided to build an 80-foot-long terrace for fruit trees, and to edge it with a nice fieldstone retaining wall using stones I could find on my property ...