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Natural stone recycling with a touch of emotion: granite blocks from the Thames embankment wall now serve as benches in front of St. Paul’s in London

If these stones could talk, they would surely have many stories to tell about the city’s history, e.g., about the “Great Stink” of 1858

New in the Stone Finder: WHITE PALLADIO limestone with an exceptionally luminous tone, ideal for bespoke finishes, quarried by Grassi Pietre company in Italy

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“Frammenti” tiles by design studio Martinelli Venezia for Lithea company: the wall as an active surface, capable of receiving and conveying memory, rhythm, and depth

The New Members of the Natural Stone Institute (NSI), October 2026

The Bau trade show in Munich (January 11 – 15, 2027) has a focus on circular economy and healthy building materials with a low carbon footprint

Life cycle assessments, Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), and the measurement of so-called gray emissions are becoming increasingly important

The natural stone facade of the Yellow River National Museum in Zhengzhou abstractly traces the course of the river

The architects from Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) address not only the cultural significance but also the landscape-shaping aspects of the 5,000 km long river

The Exhibition “Lords of Water, Olmec Sacred Spaces” at the Xalapa Museum of Anthropology in Veracruz, Mexico, shows the spectacular finds from the holy Cerro El Manatí site

On show are polished stone axes, wooden busts, ceramic vessels, rubber balls, seeds and other organic material, as well as infant remains, from between 1700 and 900 BC

Damaged stone bricks find a new use as bar counter material at the stylish Brown’s of Leith in Edinburgh

The designers at Groves-Raines Architects Studios (GRAS) explained the concept behind it: “Stone does not need to be reintroduced. It needs to be re-learned”

New in the Stone Finder: PERSIAN BLUE ONYX, with an endless and weightless color in which earth’s permanence meets the movement of light, quarried by Dayan Stone from Iran