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Natural Stone Institute: For the first time, entries could be submitted simultaneously for both the Pinnacle and Tucker Awards

Submissions for the next edition are open until June 20, 2026

With the new buildings for Oxford University’s ancient New College, David Kohn Architects have brought the spirit of the times to the campus of this venerable institution

Openness to intellectual exploration and sustainability in construction are the guiding principles of the architecture

Pinnacle Awards of Excellence 2025 by the Natural Stone Institute (NSI): projects honored showing exceptional creativity, beauty, originality, and craftsmanship with natural stone

Einreichungen für die nächste Ausgabe sind bis zum 20. Juni 2026 möglich

As part of the “Mass Piedra” project, French stonemason apprentices in Spain learnt to understand and apply the ancient principles of stereotomy

The aim is to create self-supporting complex vaults and other structures using stone elements that fit together perfectly

Grande Pinnacle Award 2025: Helix Park at the Texas Medical Center’s (TMC) medical research campus is the winning project

The park has nine stone-clad water features within the unique double helix configuration extending throughout the length of the site

At the memorial to the victims of the 2014 earthquake in Longtoushan Town, China, the architects have recreated the tearing of the earth’s crust using polygonal slabs of local stone

In The Venice Venice Hotel, every (stone) detail breathes the spirit of the Serenissima

Craftsmanship and deep-rooted know-how by Marmo Arredo company keep the city’s tradition of hospitality and trade alive

The exhibition “The New Stone Age: Towards an Ethical Architecture“ showcases stone as a load-bearing material with a low carbon footprint in contemporary architecture, through April 03 2026, at the University of Toronto

8th Edition of the French Awards for Architecture with Natural Stone (2025)

The focus is on projects that realize unusual ideas for solid construction with natural stone

Stone Insight: For the “StoneSticks”, the French company Mineral Expertise created the columns from limestone half-shells surrounding fiberglass tube

“StoneSticks” as a new idea for building with natural stone

At the new University of Chicago building in Paris, the architects at Studio Gang bring the theme of innovation and redesigning our world to the façade

The restoration of Big Ben took one of the Royal Institute of British Architects’ RIBA London Awards 2025

The clock tower represents Great Britain as a political world power, a leading industrial nation, and a democracy

Stone Bricks – New Building Elements with Enormous Potential for Climate Protection, Creative Architecture, and the Natural Stone Sector

The British Stone Federation explored the perspectives at its “Stone Symposium”

The year 2025 saw numerous new ideas for natural stone in construction

Stone dust was shaped using 3D printers, massive stone blocks were clamped together, and Stone Bricks demonstrated their capabilities

The Stone Demonstrator in central London serves as a prototype for solid construction using natural stone with prestressed elements, small blocks, and stone bricks

The prototype will be on display until the end of 2026. It may then travel to another location