Calgary, Alberta
51.0447° N, 114.0719° W

EST. MMIX

The old tradition of stoneworkers.

V Generations of
family stonework
20 Years in Calgary
YYC Calgary & Southern
Alberta service area
N° 01 On the work

This trade has been in our family for over a hundred and fifty years. Five generations of masons, starting with a great-great-grandfather who worked with hand tools only.

A&K is what the fifth generation built when it put down roots in Calgary in 2009. We supply and install natural stone, artificial stone, brick, block, and veneer for homes and commercial buildings across Southern Alberta.

Facades, fireplaces, retaining walls, chimneys, columns, terraces, garden walls, full envelopes, tucking, barging, and all kinds of stone and brick repairs.

A trade handed down
five times.

A continuous family record
An inheritance, not a résumé
  1. I
    First

    The great-great-
    grandfather.

    Where it begins
    · · ·
    Hand tools only

  2. II
    Second

    The great-
    grandfather.

    Wall & façade
    · · ·
    The trade formalises

  3. III
    Third

    The grandfather.

    Heritage masonry
    · · ·
    Restoration & new build

  4. IV
    Fourth

    The father.

    Residential & commercial
    · · ·
    The hand passes on

  5. V
    Fifth · Today

    A&K Stone Masonry,
    Calgary · since 2009

    Two decades local
    · · ·
    The hand still sets stone

N° 02 · Why it matters

You don't learn to read stone in a weekend. You learn it from someone who learned it from someone. Five times over, our family has watched a wall outlast the mason who built it. It teaches you to build the next one with the same patience.

Selected works,
2022 to 2025.

Recent commissions
Residential & commercial
Calgary metropolitan
01 Full envelope · 2024
Project N° 01 · Residential

Aspen Ridge residence, west elevation.

A full natural-stone exterior across two storeys, set in tight running bond. Mountain ledgestone sourced from BC, hand-selected on the pallet for tone consistency. Completed in nine weeks through a Calgary winter.

Material
BC mountain ledgestone, natural
Square ft.
3,400 sq ft façade
Duration
9 weeks
Year
2024
02 Hearth · 2023
Project N° 02 · Interior

A double-sided hearth in limestone.

Floor-to-ceiling cleft-face limestone fireplace dividing a great room from a study. Built on a custom steel frame; every block dry-fit before mortar to plan the joints.

Material
Cleft-face limestone
Height
22 ft
Year
2023
03 Commercial · 2025
Project N° 03 · Commercial

Manufactured stone, downtown retail envelope.

A six-thousand-square-foot retail building wrapped in manufactured stone veneer with cast concrete sills. Sequenced around an active site to keep the storefront trading through construction.

Material
Manufactured veneer, cast sills
Square ft.
6,200 sq ft
Year
2025

The materials we work in.

A working atlas of the stone we lay. Sourced from quarries across British Columbia, Alberta, and beyond. Each one selected on the pallet before it ever reaches a wall. The list is not exhaustive.
N° 01 · Natural

Mountain ledgestone

A workhorse for full façades and chimneys. Tight horizontal courses, mountain tone.

BC sourcedFaçadeChimney
N° 02 · Natural

Cleft-face limestone

For interiors that want a calm, pale wall. Hearths, accent walls, full-height fireplaces.

CutInteriorHearth
N° 03 · Natural

Rundle sandstone

The colour of the foothills. Used on heritage repointing and homes that want to belong to this landscape.

AlbertaHeritageFaçade
N° 04 · Natural

Polished granite

Pillars, plinths, commercial entry surrounds. The hardest material we work in. Cut to drawing.

ImportedCommercialPlinth
N° 05 · Natural

Irregular flagstone

Patios, terraces, and pathways. Each piece dry-laid before mortar to plan the joints.

HardscapePatioPath
N° 06 · Natural

River fieldstone

Rounded, varied, irregular. Country properties, garden walls, retaining work that needs to look like it grew there.

GardenRetainingRural
N° 07 · Natural

Belgian cobblestone

Driveway aprons, courtyards, garden borders. Imported, sett-cut, set on a proper compacted base.

ImportedDrivewayCourtyard
N° 08 · Manufactured

Architectural veneer

For commercial envelopes and spec homes. Cultured Stone, Eldorado, Boral. Same install standard as natural.

ManufacturedCommercialSpec

If you have a stone in mind that isn't on this page, bring it to us. We've laid most of them at one point or another.

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How a wall gets built.

Four moves, every time. Nothing skipped, nothing improvised at the wall when it should have been settled at the table.

  1. N° 01

    Site visit
    & measure.

    We visit the site, take real measurements, study the orientation, and read the surrounding stone. Neighbouring façades, nearby outcrops, what the mountain does at the back of the lot.

  2. N° 02

    Material
    selection.

    Quarry and supplier shortlists. Sample boards delivered to the site, viewed at the time of day the wall will most often be seen. Tone, texture, and cut chosen on site, not from a brochure.

  3. N° 03

    Dry-fit
    & layout.

    For complex elevations and feature walls, we dry-fit the entire piece before mortar touches the back. Joints are planned, not discovered. Every visible face is chosen.

  4. N° 04

    Set,
    point, deliver.

    Setting, pointing, cleanup, and a final walk with the homeowner or general. We don't disappear after the last stone. We stand by the work and return for any concerns within the first season.

Designing for people.
Building for the future.

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