Quarry-faced stone

Quarry-faced stone is stone with a rough, unpolished surface, straight from the quarry.[1] Many residential and public buildings in Jerusalem, Israel are built from quarry-faced Jerusalem stone.

Quarry-faced stone on the Inbal Jerusalem Hotel

References

Straight, Susan (26 July 2012). "Rock Walls and Stone Sunbursts: The Quarry-Faced Homes of Southern California's Past". KCETLink. Retrieved 29 March 2014.

Kurtz, Jean-Paul (1 Jan 2004). "XXXVI". Dictionary of Civil Engineering. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. pp. 1022–1023. ISBN 0-306-48474-9. Retrieved 29 March 2014. quarry-faced stone.

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[1] Straight, Susan (26 July 2012). "Rock Walls and Stone Sunbursts: The Quarry-Faced Homes of Southern California's Past". KCETLink. Retrieved 29 March 2014.