This topic includes information related to design and construction with exterior stone cladding. Exterior stone cladding are fabricated stone panels that are mechanically attached an exterior or interior facade. Fabricated stone panels are natural stone materials such as granite, marble, limestone, travertine, onyx, slate and sandstone.
Dry Placed Stone ， no doubt, the first form of圬工;它由简单的天然石头堆砌而成，一个接一个，没有灰泥。随着切石工具开始被用于加工石头，早期的干石匠发展了铺石技术，使结构更稳定，更耐候性。埃及的大金字塔是世界上最大、最著名的干石建筑，但世界各地仍有许多古老的干石砌体的例子，它们在数百年甚至数千年后仍然是稳定的和有用的。p>