Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone

„Envie de Pierre“ (Desire for Stone) is the name of a new web-portal of France’s stone sector

The loft of Salzburg’s Panzerhalle (Tank Hangar) has a 7 m long kitchen unit with volcanic stone as the „epicenter“ of the room

Vienna’s Smartvoll Architects have integrated a spectacular ensemble in a former military site

Stone Gallery: limestone PIERRE BLEUE BELGE (Belgian Blue Stone – Petit Granit) from Belgium

Stone Federation Great Britain: 2018 Natural Stone Awards

Prizes were awarded for exceptional implementation of natural stone

Natural Stone Institute Announces 2019 Stone Industry Education Series

So called Stone Summits in 10 cities across the US will discuss shop efficiency, measuring success or OSHA safety regulations, among other topics

„Saul under the Influence of the Evil Spirit“ by William Wetmore Story at the North Carolina Museum of Art

The monumental neoclassical marble figure shows the biblical king’s affliction by the panic in his face and by his cramped hands

Mosarte of Brazil with its new collection: slate with and without metal inclusions

Geometric shapes define design novelties like „View“, „Round Copper“ and „Black Rust“

In France the Organization of „Ecological Stonemasons“ is warning the public of dangers emanating from quartz composite materials

The old adage that engineered stone poses a health-threat to both of users and anyone working the material is warmed over

Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone

The Singapore Stone is a fragment of a once large sandstone slab with undiciphered inscriptions. Some date it back to the 10th century

Love, peace, and prosperity for 2019

Stone-Ideas.com is taking a few days off: Our next issue will appear on January 6th 2019

Stone tiles, not two but three dimensional

Sculptor John Bizas has begun placing his sharks in interior and exterior marble cladding

Spanish Macael Prizes (Premios Macael) awarded for the 32nd time, three of them going to Dekton projects

The accolade distinguishes buildings where engineered stone from Andalusia was implemented around the world

Which path will the art of sculpting pursue when – in future – a work of art is worked out of a raw block by a robotic arm?

In Hall 1 of Marmomac 2018, the gap between modern CNC Machinery and artistic work was inspected and illuminated

Marmomac 2018: Young Stone Project

Objects and prototypes in stone produced in research projects as part of design courses at Italian universities

VINALMONT LIMESTONE from Belgian Renier Natuursteen

Grassi 1880 Cave: private villa at Lake Garda

Interiors made of Giallo Dorato limestone from Northern Italy

The Lagash Border Pillar: a white marble stone with a glistening inscription marking the territory

The exhibition „No Man’s Land“ in the British Museum documents the human desire to dominate land and the brutality and turmoil borders have invoked

Primeira Pedra: a marble carpet instead of pavement in an unpretentious London district

Designer Michael Anastassiades used production waste as a means of advertising for Portugal’s stone branch

Chicxulub inferno: for a few minutes, rocks became fluid formed the crater with a mountain ring in the center

Scientists have a new understanding of the mechanical behavior of rocks during such an event