Products in this category are typically used as a base for developing deeply pigmented finished plaster surfaces while providing increased mass and insulation. As with rammed earth and adobe, we use these materials for both their outstanding thermal performance and their exquisite qualities. The standard building industry tends to insulate masonry systems from the interior. Though easy, this practice overlooks the enormous thermal value of isolating the thermal mass to the interior by insulating the exterior. In response to this new solution, several products have emerged, the most appropriate of which is scoria. A volcanic cinder quarried in Arizona and mixed into a cement slurry, scoria is placed into forms to create an exquisitely textured hybrid mass and insulated wall system.

insulated masonry & concrete systems