Industry News

01. Selection of Stone

Firstly, the designer and the client agreed on the goal of retaining the stone curtain wall and changing the original open curtain wall method to use glue at a cost of 125 USD$. However, other areas cannot save much money and can only consider the stone itself. In the end, for 17 USD$ per square meter, only the red and greatly different colored G681 red granite can be selected. The pink color of this stone does not meet the requirements of this project, but making a lychee finish can approach gray granite and effectively reduce color difference.

02. Facade strategy: low price stone processing method

When facing stones with large color differences and poor texture, the design should be tailored. Firstly, try to avoid using large stone surfaces and use "lines" in the design. This not only conforms to the characteristics of hotel standard windows, but also expresses the material of the stone while avoiding color differences. It avoids the weakness of low-priced stone through a sense of lines. Secondly, in areas where large surface stones are unavoidable, "grooves" and "lines" are used to treat them, and different surface treated stones are used to form a sense of hierarchy. In the division of stones, techniques such as "staggered joints" and "horizontal and vertical joints, corresponding to different surface stones" are used, and a smooth line is "pointed" every few layers.