Brick from a Stone: Arch Revival

The installation showcases how natural stone can function structurally, offering a beautiful, low-carbon alternative to conventional brick and concrete construction.

We worked with Hawkins\Brown to realise the designs, conceived by Albion Stone and Hutton Stone

The two freestanding vaulted hyperbolic arches, each four metres tall, are built from just a single skin of 102mm-thick stone bricks. No steel skeleton, no hidden supports. Just compression, precision and a clever use of geometry. By shifting from a traditional semicircular form to a hyperbolic one, the wall thickness is cut in half. Each arch was prefabricated and delivered to site as a single piece.

The bricks are made from leftover stone that would otherwise go unused, and has 66% less embodied carbon when compared to traditional clay-fired bricks.