Santiago Calatrava designed the Hau da Ysios upetegia for the Bodegas and Bebidas group winery in Laguardia, Spain. It was completed in 2000. The blocks of metallic roof ripple as they stretch across the horizon, peaking in the center. Shadow treatment punctuates this movement. The ripples...

Almost all of the most famous buildings throughout the world are constructed and or decorated with natural stones of some sort. It has long been a tradition to use rock in its many forms to build structures for a variety of uses. Everything from some of the first homes we made to live in, to...