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Building against climate change: “Renaissance of the almost forgotten natural stone“

At a parliamentary evening in Berlin, representatives from the German construction industry and politics learned about the possibilities of the material

Vildmannen 7 building in Stockholm: after the 2017 fire disaster, the facade shines again in its colorful elegance (1)

We describe the restoration steps of the sandstone ashlars, which stem from boulders, not quarries

Restoration of the Vildmannen 7 building in Stockholm (2): the facade is characterized by the new interpretations of the Tudor style from England fashionable in the late 19th century

SilkarStone supplied 26,000 m² of its Laminated Stone Panels (LSP) for the new office tower of the Turkish Central Bank in Istanbul

At 325 m height, the building will be Turkey’s tallest skyscraper

The cemetery in the village of Saint-Antonin-sur-Bayon brings the drystone walls from the surrounding area into the burial site

It lies at the foot of the Sainte Victoire massif, to which Cézanne dedicated more than 80 paintings

The Grande Pinnacle Award from the US Natural Stone Institute went to Polycor for its work with natural stone at the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations

Pinnacle Awards 2023 of the Natural Stone Institute (NSI)

The annual awards reflect the state of design with natural stone worldwide

Nature’s grandeur enhances the interior design of a chalet between heaven and earth in the Eastern Alps

Italian Antolini company provided the stone for the interior design

U.S. government takes steps to impose a National Definition for Zero Emissions Buildings

The aim is to reduce energy consumption and foster the use of clean energy

7th edition of the French prize for architecture with natural stone (2023): from building with small blocks to dry stone walls, the entire spectrum of solid construction was explored

Archiplein and Perraudin Architectes build a major project in solid stone in a Geneva suburb

The aim was to reduce the ecological footprint of the buildings and ensure earthquake safety

For a family burial chapel in a castle park in Styria, Austria, the architects at Berger+Parkkinen were guided entirely by the old stone in the grounds

Swedish Natural Stone Award 2023: a kitchen island with the house around it, a villa with a façade made of stone from the quarry next door, a square with slabs and cobblestones around, and a model of a natural park made of diabase

NSI Announces 2023 Scholarship Recipients: Joanne Bish for the Women in Stone Empowerment, Frances Alderson, Tiffany Biagi, and Robert McCoy for the Natural Stone Scholarship

Antolini: “The cladding for wall and floor is the decorative element that most and best characterizes the living room and creates a cozy and welcoming atmosphere“