Plaster made from lime is environment-friendly, repairable and sustainable. Despite this, lime plaster on historic buildings has been replaced in modern times by plaster containing Portland cement – ...

Lime-based mortars are flexible and pervious, allowing for shifts in older foundations and structures and facilitating the movement of moisture in and out walls. This malleability is paramount to ...

HYDERABAD: The Charminar was the first monument in the world constructed using limemortar and granite. It was only after its construction that the architects throughout the world recognised the ...

HYDERABAD:The first scientific study of Charminar regarding the composition of the monument, the damage and other factors affecting the monument done in 1920, suggested various remedies for the ...

Lime mortar has been used in building construction for thousands of years. But despite this long history, little is understood about how it behaves. Lime mortar has been used in building construction ...