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The marble and glass façade of the Capital One Hall in Tysons, Virginia minimizes heat gain and optimizes the light penetration

The architects came from HGA (Hammel, Green and Abrahamson)

The Natural Stone Institute (NSI) becomes an Endorsing Partner of the Hardscape North America trade fair held October 19-21, 2022, in Louisville, Kentucky

It will organize a natural stone pavilion and jury the HNA natural stone awards entries

“The New Lives of Old Quarries“ is the title of a brochure from the Australian state of Victoria

The compilation shows what is known from elsewhere, but also gives food for thought for innovative ideas

Using mining or quarry residues to counter the global shortage of sand

Researchers from Switzerland and Australia have published a study on “ore-sand”

Zeil 111 in Frankfurt Main: the striking façade with natural stone portal and prismatic windows gives the narrow building a distinct accent

The Else-Kröner-Fresenius Foundation, as the client, wanted the design by the architects of Tek To Nik to recall the history of the Fresenius Medical Group

The new Elephant Springs water playground in London’s Southwark district brings outdoor romping into the city center for kids

The facility was designed with porphyry from northern Italy

Solid (massive) building with small blocks of stone: in Lyon, the architects of the Gilles Perraudin studio have built a FabLab to promote young craftsmen

One of the goals of the client, a master carpenter, was to give more value to the natural materials of wood and stone

Against the fashion trends at the time of Christ’s birth: Herod bathed in a tub made of domestic alabaster, not from Egypt, although the country on the Nile stood for luxury and fine living

Mashrabiya or Jali: Windows without panes that allow air to flow through a building, ensure bearable temperatures even in the summer heat, and are a decorative element in the facade

In the Italian village of Pieve Fissiraga, a street game commemorates the violence in the 2004 School Siege in the North Ossetian town of Beslan

The children of the preschool and elementary school were involved in the design of the stone tiles

Salone del Mobile (June 07 – 12, 2022): Plants are roommates in the modern apartment

At the 2021 French Prize for Architecture with Natural Stone, buildings in solid construction were awarded

The construction method with small stone blocks is well known in France and is becoming increasingly popular in times of sustainable architecture

Refurbished in the Serenissima’s splendor: Radisson Collection Hotel Palazzo Nani in Venice

Studio Marco Piva did the interior design, Concreta company led the construction works

With tests in advance and meticulous quality control throughout building: at Finlandia Hall in Helsinki, the second renovation of the marble façades has begun

The white Lasa Nuvolato marble is now being used, partly as a result of an EU research project

Stone Insight: Experiences from Finlandia Hall in Helsinki: a brief look into how the new testing methods were developed to prevent similar construction disasters with natural stone in the future