Stone design & detailing
Facade and interior stone designs developed into dimensioned, buildable details with joints, tolerances, fixings and adhesives.
Stone design & detailing detailsStone Consultancy
Stone Design, Coordinated and Quantify
Aura Design Management is an international architectural stone design and technical consultancy. We detail, coordinate and quantify natural stone for contractors and developers, working with the latest AutoCAD and BIM tools to draw the installation drawings. Our work covers facade and interior stone design, shop and fabrication drawings, setting-out information, technical coordination, take-offs, material schedules and Bills of Quantities — so every stone package is dimensioned, coordinated and priced before it reaches site. We are a consultancy only: we do not supply, cut or install stone.
Disciplines
Detailing, drawings, quantities
Works with
Architects, contractors, fabricators
Based in
London, working internationally
Consultancy, not contracting
Technical stone expertise for the design and construction team.
Aura sits between the architect's intent and the construction team. We resolve stone into buildable, dimensioned information — set-out, tolerances, joints, fixings, sequencing and quantities — so that what is drawn can actually be made, installed and priced.
We are a consultancy only. We do not supply, cut or install stone, which keeps our advice independent of any quarry, workshop or installer.
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Design to detail
Intent developed into dimensioned details that respect block sizes, bed direction and joint design.
02
Detail to quantity
Every package can be measured: schedules, take-offs and Bills of Quantities from the same drawings.
03
One coordinated set
Stone coordinated with structure, facade, waterproofing and services before it reaches site.
Services
Everything a project team needs to make stone buildable.
Six connected disciplines, delivered as drawing packages, schedules and quantities — from first detail through tender and construction support.
Drawings
Setting drawings for the contractor: cutting tickets, piece numbering, block layouts, edge profiles and cutting information a fabricator can build from.
Drawings detailsInstallation & setting-out drawings
Grids, datums, coursing and sequence drawings so an installation team knows exactly where every piece lands.
Installation & setting-out drawings detailsArchitectural, structural & MEP coordination
Stone coordinated with primary structure, secondary framing, waterproofing, drainage and embedded services before issue.
Architectural, structural & MEP coordination detailsTake-offs & material schedules
Measured schedules by stone type, finish and piece, with wastage factors and delivery splits for procurement.
Take-offs & material schedules detailsBills of Quantities & specifications
Tender-ready quantities, specifications and scope documents that let stone packages be priced on equal terms.
Bills of Quantities & specifications detailsFrom the portfolio
Installation & setting-out packages, photographed on site.
A few examples of the stone we have set out, drawn and measured — the same information a fixing team works from.
Book-matched marble vanity wall
Private residence · Mayfair, London
Setting-out & shop drawings
Marble shower and niche detail
Boutique hotel · City of London
Installation drawings
Stone floor and skirting set-out
Townhouse refurbishment · Kensington
Take-off & stone schedule
International reach
Documentation that travels across borders, standards and time zones.
Stone packages are rarely local. Aura works with design teams, contractors and fabricators in different countries, producing information that meets the standards of the project location and the capabilities of the workshop that will cut it.
Drawings are issued in metric or imperial units, in the project's drawing conventions, with a controlled revision register so every party works from the same set.
United Kingdom
Stone cladding, paving and restoration detailing to BS practice and UK building control expectations.
Europe
EN 1469 slab specifications and documentation support for CE marking and material declarations.
Gulf & Middle East
Large-format slabs, thermal movement, imported material coordination and workshop QA review.
North America
ASTM material specifications, imperial drawing sets and shop drawing conventions.
Selected prior experience
Project experience behind the consultancy.
The work below was delivered by members of the Aura team in previous roles and with predecessor practices. It is shown as prior project experience, not as work delivered by Aura Design Management.
Prior experience
Limestone facade rationalisation
London, United Kingdom · Residential
Stone design & shop drawings
Prior experience
Marble lobby cladding package
Doha, Qatar · Hospitality
Shop drawings & setting-out
Prior experience
Granite paving and stair detailing
Manchester, United Kingdom · Public realm
Detailing & quantity take-off