Utilisée pour couvrir les toits du Nord de la France mais aussi les plus beaux châteaux, l’ardoise de Trélazé a acquis une réputation mondiale, en raison de sa grande finesse et de son bleu noir profond. Ce gisement, exploité jusqu’en 2014, est né des restes de milliards d’animaux marins, il y a très longtemps. Et […]
To design ‘Swan Harbor Park’ in Suzhou, lacime architects sought to bring traditional chinese aesthetics into a contemporary building. The project, which covers a vast footprint of 12,916.69 ft2 (1200 m2), meets modern demands while combining ancient elements and in particular, Showcasing Jiangnan culture and Suzhou’s regional cultural inheritance. Jiangnan culture is known for its […]
You can now read the monthly natural slate statistics exports report following us on LinkedIn. be natural® share the statistics of the sector using the data of the Agencia Tributaria as source. A useful tool that shouldn’t be missed.
AI has moved from a buzzword to a product. It’s simple to use ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini and get answers to questions quickly or produce a pictures of a robot on a slate roof. This trend is not going away any time soon as billions of dollars are being invested in the technology and it […]
Connaissez-vous les Pans de Travassac ? Il s’agit là d’une ancienne carrière d’ardoises située en Corrèze et exploitée depuis le XVIe siècle par les artisans du village, dont le travail a notamment permis de couvrir le toit de l’abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel. Sur place, il est possible d’admirer la beauté du site tout en découvrant les […]
Slate is a versatile, elegant building material with a fine-grained, foliated metamorphic rock structure. Formed through low-grade regional metamorphism of shale or mudstone, the slate’s ability to split into thin, smooth sheets along planar surfaces makes it ideal for various construction applications. Due to its dense structure and low water absorption rate, it comes in […]
You can now read the monthly natural slate statistics exports report following us on LinkedIn. be natural® share the statistics of the sector using the data of the Agencia Tributaria as source. A useful tool that shouldn’t be missed.
A study of the properties of roofing slates by an EU-funded project has resulted in an anti-weathering paint coating and a new system for classifying this natural roofing material. Throughout history, slate has been one of the most commonly used roofing materials in Europe. Yet surprisingly little is known about its composition and properties compared […]
Junya Ishigama’s elemental 2019 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion Rising from the lawns of the Serpentine Gallery like the scaly flanks of a recumbent dragon, Junya Ishigami’s contribution to the 19-year-old summer pavilion programme is a reinterpretation of the humble roofing slate – a material characteristic of domestic architecture in London, and many cities beyond, but which […]
Les Ardoisières de Trélazé, dernière mine de France, ont fermé le dimanche 30 mars 2014. Cette décision marquait la fin d’une histoire locale vieille de six siècles, mais aussi du passé minier de la France. Dans un livre, doublé d’un documentaire, Nicolas Jallot et Julien Derouet reviennent sur ce pan d’histoire de l’Anjou. Dix ans. […]
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