6 Materials That Age Beautifully

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Often as architects we neglect how the buildings we design will develop once we hand them over to the elements. We spend so much time understanding how people will use the building that we may forget how it will be used and battered by the weather. It is an inevitable and uncertain process that raises the question of when is a building actually complete; when the final piece of furniture is moved in, when the final roof tile is placed or when it has spent years out in the open letting nature take its course?

Rather than detracting from the building, natural forces can add to the material’s integrity, softening its stark, characterless initial appearance. This continuation of the building process is an important one to consider in order to create a structure that will only grow in beauty over time. To help you achieve an ever-growing building, we have collated six different materials below that age with grace.

Stone/Limestone

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Cite: Ella Thorns. "6 Materials That Age Beautifully" 26 Mar 2018. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/891237/6-materials-that-age-beautifully> ISSN 0719-8884

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时间,是这六种材料最佳的‘化妆品’

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