Groupwork completes world-first high-rise held up by stone exoskeleton
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Petra Heights, a housing development in north London designed by Groupwork and engineer Webb Yates, is complete. Three apartment blocks ranging from six to ten storeys are held up by an exoskeleton of unreinforced volcanic stone replacing concrete and steel—described as the world's first of its kind.
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