What stones are used for Roman facades?

Roman facades stones

Roman facades is one of the most common types of design styles used for buildings. Roman facades is a facades that falls into the category of classic designs. Therefore, Roman facades stone should be selected in accordance with this type of design style.

What is a Roman facades and what are its features?

One of the reasons why people choose Roman facades for buildings is luxury, because this type of design style is mostly used for cultural, luxury and expensive buildings, but due to the expansion of the variety of building materials, the use of this facades has become easier in most buildings. The description of the Roman façade refers to a façade in which ancient Roman style designs have been adapted and features used in ancient Roman architecture are used in the façade. In this facades, details are the most important reason for the quality of the facades, and the details used include elements, columns, cornices with centaurs, centaurs, explicit and wide arches. In general, the features of this view include the following:

Roman arches (round and wide)

• Long arched or flat windows
• High ceilings
• Symmetry between elements, which is one of the most important design elements
• Materials with light colors

Materials used in Roman facades

The Roman façade is known for its stone element, but other materials such as cement, polystyrene and GIF are also used in the construction of the Roman façade. Due to the beautiful effect that stones give to the facades of the building, this type of material is used more and therefore, the implementation of this facade is relatively expensive. Many stones can be used for this facades, including: travertine, granite, marble and limestone. Quality, adaptability to climatic conditions, durability and beauty are some of the things that should be considered in choosing materials for Roman facades. Therefore, the stone is most in harmony with the space and features mentioned, and among these stones, travertine is one of the most widely used types of Roman facade stone, but facades with marble have also been executed.

Another stone that can be called a Roman facades stone is Dehbid stone. Dehbid stone has high porosity, good adhesion and unique beauty, which despite these features, the use of this stone is also cost-effective.

Features of Roman stone facades

Due to the details of the Roman facades, a stone should be used that has good sandblasting, machinability and adhesion. Travertine is the most suitable option for Roman facades stone, which has the following advantages:

• Abundance of travertine
• Variety of bright colors
• Sub-ductility, high strength and suitable machinability

Properties of travertine as a Roman facades stone

There is a waveless and corrugated travertine stone, which is a better option for Roman facades stone, because due to the large number of stones that the Roman facades wants, this type of travertine stone is more economical and its toolability and cutting are better. And corrugated stones impose restrictions on stone-throwing tools.

The color used in the Roman facades is mostly white and cream colors, which cream color shows details better. Travertine stones that have white and cream colors are Atashkooh, Abbasabad and Darreh Bukhari travertine stones.