Scotland has a significant history of masonary construction. The earliest buildings were drystane structures, which gradually evolved into earth-cored walls.The Romans brought sophisticated masonry ...

Traditional houses all over the world were constructed from locally available resources that were strong and stable and protected the buildings from different weather conditions.

Lime is the principal binder of most traditional mortars, plasters and renders and is used in all historic building conservation and renovation projects in some form or another. The world of lime is a ...

Lime has been used as a building and decoration material for thousands of years in China. Recent research has focused on developing new air lime with higher bonding strength, grouts and restoration ...