Selecting limestones for exterior paving in the United Kingdom can be a challenging task at times due to climate constraints. This means a set of criteria points must be followed. Here’s our top picks for 2016.

Grey limestones have been increasing in both popularity and demand in the last decade, mostly due to its extraordinary properties that generate remarkable results, especially in flooring projects.

The Leeds University project features an exclusively cladding setup that has used Cabeca Veada. Our network has supplied a moderate amount of standard honed panels.

This particular American Embassy employed several different application types, including exterior cladding and exterior flooring. The project was supplied with 18.000m2 of honed and split-face panels.

Private residence project in London that has achieved an award in the UK. This relatively small project used a medium supply of Gris Pardo limestone in the form of large panels with a polished finishing.

Completed in 2014, the Canberra Luxurious Building is a modern reference project for the Portuguese Moleanos Blue. This is a high-profile and energy efficient building.

Portugalimestones was presented as a trademark/international brand of Portuguese limestone supplier with its own stand at the Marmomacc 2014 stone fair that took place in Italy.

Portuguese limestones are great materials to be used on diverse landscaping uses. There are large quantities of limestone available, some have very good technical properties for the exterior use.

Portuguese limestones are great materials to be used on diverse decoration applications. These natural stones are easy to manufacture and present an interesting uniformity and color.

The Ataija is a limestone that has been used for many years as a reference limestone for landscaping use, specially in places like France that have long historical tradition of using limestone.

The Qatar embassy project in Brussels (Belgium) is another high-profile embassy project that is supplied with limestone from Portugal, in this case the Moca Creme Classic limestone.

The 30 Gresham Street is a project located in the heart of London, which involved the supply of fine cutting Moleanos and Cabeca Veada limestone for diverse interior applications.

The Tour de Finances is a large public building that houses the Belgian finance department. This project required a total supply of 8.000m2 Moca Cream panels in honed finishing.

Limestones are by nature softer types of stone, presenting limitations in terms of use in applications such as exterior landscaping where hardness and low water absorption are required.

La Reserve is a reference project located on the coastal part of Belgium, a high-end hotel and residential complex. The project involved the supply of mostly exterior cladding in Cabeca Veada.