Budri at the Salone del Mobile: natural Stone not known in nature
At Milan’s Trade Fair, Italian Company Budri together with designer Gwenael Nicolas presented the entire gamut of possibilities for stone inlays
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France imported stone products with a value of 325.7 million € (1.04 million t) in 2018
Trade Magazine Pierre Actual has published detailed statistics for import and export / 2024 Olympic Games
„Stone Industry“ fair will be held from June 25 to 28, 2019 in Moscow
250 companies from 18 countries will be exhibitors at this 20th issue of the stone show for Russia and Eastern Europe
International Sculpture Symposium in the Castle & Zoo Hoyerswerda: „Humanimal – Man – Animal – Soul”
From June 20 to July 02, 2019 a meeting of international artists will take place in the Saxon city in Germany
First prize of the Swedish Natural Stone Award 2018 went to the entry showing renovation of the National Museum
Local limestone is the building’s distinguishing factor inside and out
Market analysts rank countries by the wealth of their citizens
First place goes to the USA followed by China, Japan, the UK Germany, India, Australia and Canada
Candidacies for the next Global Stone Congress can be submitted until July 30, 2019
Any country may offer to be the host of this scientific event about research and development for the worldwide stone sector in 2021
Joseph Gott’s „Greyhound with Puppies“ now on permanent show at the Birmingham University’s Barber Institute of Fine Arts
In this small work, the sculptor depicted protective maternal love and vulnerable infancy
„Homer“ in the museum LouvreLens until July 2, 2019
The exhibition investigates what we know about the Greek poet and how his works inspired other artists from antiquity to the present
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
Sand sculptures are made only for a few months, yet they may reach big shapes. In the Northern hemisphere, the season has begun and on many beaches
Entries open for 16th Kajima Sculpture Competition in Japan until June 21, 2019
Four awards range from US-$ 27,000 to 4,500 / Works will be exhibited in the construction company’s building in Tokyo
„Spolia can establish the history of a building at a particular site“
An interview with Berlin architect Marc Jordi on reclaiming ancient architectural elements, mostly stone
6000 years ago artists all over Europe used mother-of-pearl from freshwater mussels for dress accessories
So-called „double buttons“ may have been pressed into leather to decorate armbands or belts
The Turkish Natural Stone Trade Organization EIB launched its WeChat-Account at the Xiamen Stone Fair 2019
The Aegean Stone Producers will use the Chinese social media for marketing purposes
„Printemps de la Pierre“ (Stone Spring) at the Massif Central in France until June 30, 2019
Promotion of local stone and stonemasons’ culture / Focus on Drystone Walling
A building with a double façade with stone foils and aluminum pillars outside
Grassi Pietre company supplied its Pietra di Vicenza limestone for the Residence Duchessa Margherita in Northern Italy
Saint-Malo’s Fort de la Conchée shows the art of the old builders and their stonemasons
Erected under the reign of Luis XIV, the Fort was badly damaged during WWII but restored almost completely since then
Researches found a new „Burgess Shale“ along the bank of the Danshui River in China
Another treasure chest of the Cambrian Explosion when early animal life on Earth reached an extreme diversity
