For more than 80 years, Dutch family business MBI De Steenmeesters has worked with stone and concrete. Today, the company increasingly focuses on the facade as a place where architecture, material choices and sustainability come together. GeoStylistix is a clear example of this approach.
MBI developed GeoStylistix as an extra-slim, long-format facing brick, designed to give architects greater freedom in facade design. Its slim profile, mineral surface and range of colours support contemporary and expressive facades. The collection is available as a full brick and as a strip, creating possibilities for new construction, renovation and insulated facades.
MBI believes that design freedom becomes meaningful when aesthetics, performance and practical buildability come together. Its facade specialists work with architects, contractors and partners to explore colours, formats and solutions.
A next step is GeoStylistix ReUsed. It retains the characteristic appearance of GeoStylistix while replacing at least 65% of the traditional raw materials in the core concrete with granulates derived from residual streams. These include materials from various industries and recovered materials from construction projects. The result is a facade material with a lower environmental impact. Project-specific environmental cost information can be requested from MBI.
Circularity should not have to mean compromising on architectural expression. The project-based availability of GeoStylistix ReUsed reflects the precision required in its production.
The result is a facade material with a lower environmental impact.MBI
This combination is also why Future Facade is a relevant meeting place for MBI. The event brings architects, facade engineers, contractors, researchers and manufacturers together around the future of facade design and engineering. For MBI, the value lies in exchanging knowledge: understanding what designers need, discussing how materials can perform within complete facade concepts, and exploring where innovation can make a tangible difference.
At Future Facade, MBI presents GeoStylistix as part of a broader question facing the construction industry: how can facades become more distinctive, practical and resource-conscious at the same time?
Visit MBI De Steenmeesters in hall 4, stand D012.
