Matt Ruckman

Architecture

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A place to think out loud about buildings or building materials: ones that exist, ones I’m sketching, ones I keep returning to.

A weathered limestone wall, close in.
May 10, 2026·limestone

Limestone, The Compressed Ocean

Limestone built every great city we still recognize, and we have, in the span of about four generations, almost completely forgotten how to use it. A quiet, stubborn revival is now underway.