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 ...

A dry stone wall is a purposeful pile of rocks, held in place by friction and gravity rather than mortar. It’s one of the oldest building methods known to mankind, used over millennia to construct ...

Seven thousand years ago, people living on the Atlantic edge of Europe built a massive wall of stone where land met water.

In a move that aims to further the circular economy of the construction industry, researchers at ETH Zurich have let an autonomous excavator loose on a big pile of boulders and reclaimed concrete. The ...

The idea behind this miniature stone wall house came from a simple thought — “What if real construction techniques were used ...

Traditional dry stone wall construction typically involves extensive manual labor, but this innovative approach leverages the capabilities of the autonomous excavator named HEAP. The research team, ...

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP)– Holyoke Community College (HCC) is offering two non-credit classes in interior design and stone wall construction beginning this week. Residential Interior Design I is a ...

DEAR TIM: While viewing the colorful autumn leaves in New England, I saw more than one rock wall. I was so impressed with them and wonder whether rock retaining walls really hold up over time. What ...

“Stone Primer,” by Charles McRaven is the essential guide for homeowners interested in diy stonework, from winding garden paths to fireplaces and stone retaining walls. Stone Primer (Storey Publishing ...

French geologist Yves Fouquet was studying seabed charts when something unusual caught his eye: a nearly 400-foot-long linear structure off the coast of France. The underwater formation didn’t look ...

[Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Amid suspicions that the Gurye County Office and the county governor built a stone retaining wall on land owned by the then ...