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Architecture with natural stone»
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Design with natural stone»
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Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
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Art: Sculpting with Marble etc»
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Briefly noted»
Best of 2016: Architecture with natural stone
The editors of Stone-Ideas.com have compiled articles and reports with the most clicks in 2016
Photo above: Stairwell in natural stone with a 320° twist. The Stonemasonry Company, based in Great Britain, deploys taught steel ropes for the construction of its spiral stairwell. More
Modern construction in natural stone: an elegant saddle-shaped roofed entrance. Bari Politecnico’s Giuseppe Fallacara used tensioned steel bars to fasten the hovering hypar structure. More
The Armadillo Vault at this year’s Venice Biennale: hovering stone puzzle comprising 399 elements and a mass of 24 t. The vault is self-supporting weighed down by its own mass constructed using ancient building methods / calculation and realization according to state-of-the-art methods. More
Sandstone and travertine in a house meant to set itself apart from its surroundings. With Casa R+ architects of OOIIO have conjured „a mineral“, which passers-by will encounter by coincidence. More
Kengo Kuma: Pixel pattern made of local stone on rooftops, walls and central paths. Japanese architect chose to demonstrate the power of the Earth based on the Yunfeng Spa Resort project located in an active earthquake zone on China’s Southwestern Region. More
Zýmē Winery: wine leaves and the company logo mirrored in natural stone pentagons. Italian producer of the famous Amarone red wine commissioned architects to design a building for the branding of the company. More
Norwegian slate chimneys: smoke signals for aesthetics and style. Detail in design even of a roof reveals a great deal about the home dwellers. More
(04.02.2017, USA: 02.04.2017)
