“Natural Stone Facade / Principles of Planning, Projects and Constructions”
The leading brand of the Turkish natural stone industry STONELINE established “STONELINE Publishing” to produce reference books about natural stones.
STONELINE Publishing became the first publisher in Turkey that focused on natural stones. The first book of the publisher, “Natural Stone Facade / Principles of Planning, Projects, and Constructions” was prepared in two languages in collaboration with the German publishing house DOM Publishers and presented for sale.
Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, the leading brand of the Turkish natural stone industry, STONELINE Construction Products, has added a new contribution that the company has given to education, culture, and art since its establishment process, with its initiative in the field of publishing. STONELINE Publishing which structured as part of a social responsibility conception, aims to support academic researches and enrich the literature in the field with the help of reference books as a “publishing house specializing in natural stones”.
The first book of STONELINE Publishing, “Natural Stone Facades / Principles of Planning, Projects and Constructions” was prepared in both languages, Turkish and German in collaboration with the German publishing house DOM Publishers, and was simultaneously printed and published in Turkey. The book which written by architect and editor Konstantin Krüger; also enriched with texts by Philipp Meuser (Prof., Architect), Hermann Graser (German Natural Stone Association, President of DNV) and Tobias Nöfer (Architect).
In the book, apart from informative texts written about theory and practice, selected projects of architectural offices operating in the international arena are analyzed one by one by Editor Krüger and presented with detailed drawings, photographs and texts which explaining the design principles. Among the 23 projects selected from 15 different world cities, including Istanbul, Izmir and Mugla, projects of five architectural offices from Turkey such as EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture, Atelier Han Tumertekin, Erginoglu&Calıslar, Teget Architecture, DDA – DILEKCI Architecture are also included.
Mehmet Bayrak, Chairman of the Board of STONELINE Construction Products, stated that their company has contributed to education, culture and art since the day it was founded, and that they established STONELINE Publishing as a thematic publishing house that focuses on natural stone, with a conception of social responsibility.
While stating that they have increased their contributions for education, culture and art several times in recent years, Bayrak also shared their conception of social responsibility in this regard with the following words: “If we want this world to be better, it could only be done through education, culture and art and I believe that a country that progresses in these fields will progress in every field. We support many projects to be in part of the education of children and youth in Turkey. We are also among the supporters of the Istanbul Culture and Arts Foundation and the founders and supporters of AURA-Istanbul Architecture and Urbanism Research Academy. We develop various projects with universities and host exhibitions of students. Now, with the establishing of our publishing house, we aim to contribute to the enrichment of the natural stone culture and literature by publishing in the field of natural stone and to support the field by publishing academic researches that written in this field.”
STONELINE Publications editorial director Gülçin İpek shared the following information about the publishing house: “We have established STONELINE Publications as “a publishing house specializing in natural stones”. We aim to contribute to the fields of architecture, interior architecture, culture, art, design, archeology and geology with the publications we prepare with a focus on natural stone, and to support academic researches that can turn into publications in these fields. ‘Natural Stone Facades’ is the first book of our publishing house. The book, which exemplifies the phases of natural stone from quarry to construction with references from history and contemporary practices, and will guide their correct use, was prepared simultaneously in two languages, German and Turkish. The books we will publish will deal with natural stones sometimes with their technical and sometimes with their cultural extents. Bringing books in different languages into Turkish is also among our goals.”
‘The Natural Stone Facades’ book aims to show the variety of applications of a natural stone as a material and to create a platform for discussion to guide its use in the right place and in the right way. At the same time, it is aimed to ease the process by pointing out the importance of cooperation between the investor (employer), the architect and the stone supplier. This cooperation has a great importance especially in the initial stages of planning.
This book; consists of five main sections covering current design trends and technologies in natural stone facade design, references and basic information from the history of architecture, design methods, a comprehensive and original analysis of built structures and their facades, the adventure of natural stones from block to construction, and main stone types.
Introduction to the Subject and New Trends
In the “Introduction”, Hermann Graser takes the reader on a broad tour of the horizon, from the current advantages of natural stone as a building material to its current applications, from traditional construction techniques to contemporary manufacturing methods. Under this title, the advantages and disadvantages of the main facade construction types are introduced by associating them with the building construction methods, while the use of different construction types together in the same project is explained with examples.
Theory and Fundamentals
Under the title of “Theory and Fundamentals”, Philipp Meuser, by taking the thousands of years of stone as a building material into consideration, he also seeks answer to his question of “Does contemporary architecture need to break its bond with this traditional material?” and draws a conclusion that the bond is should not be broken.
Designs with Natural Stones
Under the title of “Designs with Natural Stones”, Tobias Nöfer; As a continuation of the subject, closely examines the details between the subbasement and the roof eaves, such as molding, lesene and pilaster, column and pillar adornment and surface, corner and joint, both in terms of classical style language and plasticity in shaping.
Constructions and Facades
This section includes projects built in the last 20 years, as well as additional structures, renovations, repairs and reconstructions. The project range, which extends from a two-storey gable roof house to multi-storey residences, includes different typologies such as residences offices, hotels, schools and museums built with a reinforced concrete framed building system. Different facade types such as masonry walls, facade front walls, ventilated stone clad facades or self-supporting solid elements are exemplified in the selected projects. While each project is introduced with its main lines, almost from the urban planning scale to the joint details, with texts, photographs and photograph captions, the relationship between design and material is also examined. In terms of design approaches, the projects are examined by classifying them as projects that have an impressive position in terms of relief effect, emphasis on massiveness, scale and positioning from afar, their original relations with the environment, and the use of light and shadow effect.
Extraction and Processing of Natural Stones and Their Types
In the last part of the book, Graser and Krüger explain the processes of natural stone from quarry to cladding and the main natural stone types with the help of photographs.
The book ends with sample implementation plans. It is written in a language that even non-architect readers can easily understand with the help of texts accompanied by nearly 1,000 photographs and technical detail drawings. Although the book focuses on the use of natural stone on the facade, it also informs the reader in detail about natural stones.
Natural Stone Facades / Principles of Planning, Projects and Constructions
Size: 22.5 x 28 cm
Page: 304
Cover: Cardboard cover with side pieces
Author and Editor Konstantin Krüger
Chapter Writers Hermann Graser, Philipp Meuser, Tobias Nöfer
German Edition: DOM Publishers / ISBN 978-3-86922-210-3
Turkish Edition: STONELINE Publications / ISBN 978 – 605 – 73447-0-0
Editorial Director Gulcin Ipek
Art Consultant Cem Günbek
Translated from German by Zuhal Nakay, Architect
Translation Overreading and Technical Consultant Neslihan Gucmen, Architect
Consultants Serkan Angı, Geological Engineer; Sinan Izgi, Architect
Main Distributor: YEM KİTABEVİ www.yemkitabevi.com
You can buy the book at www.yemkitabevi.com and bookstores.
About STONELINE PUBLICATIONS:
STONELINE Construction Products aims to promote natural stone through books to be published in line with a publication program by establishing a publishing house with the awareness of social responsibility, to enrich the literature in this field, and to support academic researches that have characteristics of a source www.stoneline.com.tr
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