In Part 2, we shape and place the stone walls of the pond and focus on the structure that will hold water and support aquatic life.

My introduction to building ... thick stone walls. The house was stuccoed on the outside and was in fair shape, but the barn had been badly neglected. Its leaky roof rested on ten-foot-high ...

This handsome stone gateway is ... than 2 feet wider than the wall or arch structure you’re going to build. If you’re building a retaining wall that’s 4 feet high or shorter, you’ll ...

As you build higher on the wall, use progressively smaller stones. Drainage is very important. Fortunately, stone walls that are laid dry allow water to pass right through them. But you need to be ...

Master skills, get tool recommendations, and, most importantly, build something of your very own. Stone walls have marked boundaries and defined borders for millennia. At countless sites ...

An algorithm running on HEAP's control module subsequently determined the best location for each boulder, in order to build a stable 6-meter (20-ft) high, 65-meter (213-ft) long dry-stone wall.

Researchers taught an autonomous excavator to construct dry stone walls itself using boulders weighing several tons and demolition debris. Until today, dry stone wall construction has involved ...

Dry stone walls are resource efficient as they use locally sourced materials, such as concrete slabs that are low in embodied energy. ETH Zurich researchers deployed an autonomous excavator, called ...