Project Name: Swedish Issaquah Campus
Commercial Project: Swedish Issaquah Campus
Location: Issaquah, Washington
The Beauty of Limestone Cladding in Modern Design
Leading architects, designers, and building professionals choose limestone cladding when they want timeless beauty, eco-friendly materials, and long-lasting performance. Natural stone beautifies projects inside and outside, creating cohesion and elegance. Limestone complements other building materials, is durable and low-maintenance, and adds unique character to any space.
Whether for luxury residential, commercial, or municipal buildings, architectural limestone delivers benefits to the people who live, work, and visit these spaces.
Swedish Hospital: Limestone Used Inside and Outside
Natural stone is one of the most versatile building materials. With limestone, there is a product and finish for every application. At the Swedish Issaquah Campus, designers used two distinct types of limestone cladding to highlight how one material can serve both exterior and interior spaces.
HDG Turtleshell Limestone Cladding
This coursed ashlar wall cladding creates a continuous look as it transitions from the outside of the building to the interior lobby. The mushroom finish gives the stone a distinctive texture that interacts beautifully with light and the surrounding materials.
By hand finishing the stone using traditional masonry tools – chipping the stone with controlled blows of a hammer – the finished stone adds both texture and shadow to the building’s architecture. Each hand-finished stone adds irregularities that work together in visual harmony, perfect for bold, durable exterior limestone cladding.
HDG Perlino Grey Limestone Fireplace Hearth
Inside, limestone takes on a softer role, reminiscent of its origin as a sedimentary stone formed from organic elements including water, plants, and animals. This project features a fireplace hearth crafted from Perlino Grey Limestone slabs rich with visible fossils.
The honed finish provides a smooth, flat, consistent surface without glare. These are ideal characteristics for a raised fireplace hearth interior limestone application. This contrast demonstrates limestone’s ability to serve as both rugged cladding and refined interior detail.
Learn more about HDG limestone colors and finishes.
Limestone Cladding and Fireplace Hearth Project Photos
Choosing the Right Limestone Finish
From mushroom finishes to honed slabs, architectural limestone provides unlimited design possibilities. Natural stone can be tailored to meet aesthetic, performance, and cost goals for both exterior wall systems and interior applications.
Let HDG’s resident stone expert, Erik Nelson, help you navigate the many choices of limestone cladding, colors, and finishes available to suit your project. HDG Building Materials is a resource to architects and builders from concept to completion.
Discuss Your Limestone Project
Do you want to use limestone cladding in your next project? Contact us today to discuss your project.
