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The Summit Visitor Center at “America’s Mountain” Pikes Peak is expected to open in early summer
The buildings with a spectacular view at 14,115 feet mimic the pink granite that formed the National Historic Landmark in the Rocky Mountains
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Showroom for the furniture company Jolor in Shanghai by Atelier tao+c
With terrazzo from top to bottom, the unreal atmosphere of a spaceship was created, in which every piece of furniture is a highlight
The Natural Stone Institute announces the Pinnacle Award Winners 2020
Submissions must show the “beauty, creativity, ingenuity, and professional mastery in the use of natural stone“ / Entries for the next issue open until July 20, 2021
The new Bohus granite obelisk on Slottsbacken Boulevard in Stockholm is 30 meters high and weighs 280 tons
The project set the highest standards for the industry and received the country’s Natural Stone Award 2020
The white veins of the Pietra Piasentina accompany the vacation guests throughout the house
The limestone matches the color of the wood and the modern kitchen furnishings
T&V Architects renovates London apartment with a sustainable approach and an Italian marble feeling
For the interior design, sustainable materials like Bianco Carrara marble and Crema d’Orcia limestone were used that remind to client of his trips
Best of 2020: Architecture with natural stone
The editors of Stone-Ideas.com have compiled the 5 articles and reports with the most clicks during the last year
News from solid construction with natural stone: not erecting thick walls, but “using the precious resource with moderation and purpose“
Studiolada architects use only thin natural stone ashlar and a timber framework for a health care building in eastern France
The limestone floor tiles bring the Mediterranean lifestyle to a terrace
The Spanish company Rosalstones offers its limestone Abadía Rosal with a hand-aged surface
Showroom for watches with echoes of the film worlds of Stanley Kubrick
The studio for interior design atelier tao+c designed a store for the young brand “Momic” in the megacity Hangzhou in China
Kitchen in a residential house in Australia: the cooking area can be separated with a movable wall door
Arclinea’s Italian designers divide the kitchen into separable areas that remain recognizably coherent
Berlin’s Humboldt Forum in the new palace in the city center is completed and can be visited virtually until its final opening
During the past years, the new building was probably the largest natural stone construction site in Europe with 9000 m³ of sandstone and limestone from Germany and Poland
“Piscina Monolitica”: a bath fountain in steep terrain in Niederuzwil in Switzerland
The company Alfredo Polti made the massive object from a piece of rock of Calanca gneiss
Italian Studio Marco Priva has designed the Huzhou Club Center in the ancient Chinese province of Zhejiang
The concept is inspired by the place, its tradition, and also its nature namely the sinuous shape of the Gingko tree leaves
In the new building “110 Rooms”, situated in the old Eixample district of Barcelona, the architects have implemented the pioneering ideas of 19th century planning in a modern way
The team of Estudio Maio Architects designed apartments with variable number of rooms and an entrance hall with large natural stone bodies