Recently published
Architecture with natural stone»
- Brasigran’s Moulin Rouge Granite – a symbol for Brazil’s Red Earth in São Paulo’s Les Cinq Gym
- Swedish Natural Stone Award 2018
Design with natural stone»
- Call for entries for the 17th Pure Talents Contest of imm cologne until September 12, 2019
- Artedomus: Natural Stone Design from Down Under with a penchant to ideas from Italy
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Europe has endorsed considering social and ecological issues in public procurement
- Euroroc informs: The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) approves tariffs against Quartz Products from China
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- Coverings 2019 boasts nearly 1,100 exhibitors and almost 27,000 attendees from 90 countries
- Italian Stone Theatre at Marmomac 2019: „Naturality: The Uniqueness and Purity of Natural Stone“
Stone Stories»
- Earthquakes along the Dead Sea Rift may cause tsunamis threatening the coasts of the Gulf of Eilat-Aqaba
- The „breathing“ of magma chambers below the ocean may cause soft earthquakes related to the tides
Art: Sculpting with Marble etc»
- Application open for the 2019 prize of the German Daniel Henry Kahnweiler Foundation for sculpture and installations
- Peter Randall-Page at Kloster Schoenthal near Basel, Switzerland until November 10, 2019
Briefly noted»
US-National Park Service launches Building Stone Database
Documentation of marbles, granites and more used in American buildings and monuments
Natural stones used in American buildings and monuments are documented in a recently launched database by the US-National Park Service. In December 2015 it contained more than 130 sorts from the US and a few from the United Kingdom. The website named the „National Building Stone Database“ gives the location of the quarry and its status (active or not), the names of the producers, a description of the stone and much more.
The National Park Service writes on its webpage: „The database is a work in progress. We’re continually working to expand our catalog of stones and improve the functionality of the web site.“
National Building Stone Database
Information about submitting stone samples
(24.12.2015, USA: 12.24.2015)
