For a new student residence at the University of Connecticut, Sasaki and Newman Architects (working with Cladding Concepts) leveraged a custom version of Jura Stone, NeoLith’s limestone-inspired sintered stone, which is able to stand up to the Northeast’s freeze–thaw cycles. Each lightweight, six-millimetre-thick panel was reinforced with a mesh backing and aluminum rails, then hung on J-channels for streamlined installation.