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Hong Kong-based Oft Interiors engages in the planning of movie theatres with entrance/ticket areas made to look like the spaceships

Hong Kong-based Oft Interiors engages in the planning of movie theatres with entrance/ticket areas made to look like the spaceships

Because of its „longevity and ease of care“ natural stone is the material of choice

Refurbishing marble and its imitation in Lithuanian’s National Library

Refurbishing marble and its imitation in Lithuanian’s National Library

Challenge of heritage preservation: information on implemented natural stone is missing

Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion all in white without the colorful onyx book-match and the travertine

Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion all in white without the colorful onyx book-match and the travertine

Artists Anna and Eugeni Bach were invited by the Fundació Mies van der Rohe to intervene with the icon of modern architecture

Weekend pavilion in Spain’s Vall de Lugar: drywall façade

Weekend pavilion in Spain’s Vall de Lugar: drywall façade

Architects customized the building to fit into the landscape and found solutions for the building ordinance derived from rural planning

One of Zumtobel Group Award’s 2017 given to Jianamani Visitor Center in China close to the border with Tibet

One of Zumtobel Group Award’s 2017 given to Jianamani Visitor Center in China close to the border with Tibet

The jury praised the preservation of regional stone tradition by architects from Atelier TeamMinus

The Kansas State Capitol is the site of a Spanish Limestone map in Crema Marfil Coto showing the State’s counties

The Kansas State Capitol is the site of a Spanish Limestone map in Crema Marfil Coto showing the State’s counties

The representative building complex was painstakingly renovated from cellar to roof

„HyparVault“: saddle-shaped vault elements in limestone

„HyparVault“: saddle-shaped vault elements in limestone

New Fundamentals Research Group has once more recreated a self-supporting construction according to an ancient building principle

Chelsea Flower Show: multiple award-winning M&G Garden emulates an abandoned Maltese quarry

Chelsea Flower Show: multiple award-winning M&G Garden emulates an abandoned Maltese quarry

With the aid of indigenous Maltese limestone and plants, landscape artists show how nature is reclaiming a habitat

German Natural Stone Award (Deutscher Naturstein-Preis) with prizes of 30.000 € in total

German Natural Stone Award (Deutscher Naturstein-Preis) with prizes of 30.000 € in total

Submissions in the German language are allowed to projects from Europe with architects, material, and companies from there

Rafael Moneo honored with the Praemium Imperiale award in the architecture category

Rafael Moneo honored with the Praemium Imperiale award in the architecture category

The Spanish architect realized outstanding buildings with natural stone like the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles

Studio Marco Piva: VIP-lounges for Alitalia in Rome and Milan with an abundance of marble

Studio Marco Piva: VIP-lounges for Alitalia in Rome and Milan with an abundance of marble

The aim was to bring Italian lifestyle into passengers’ waiting area and sent it along with guests on their journey

Bangkok’s „Marble House“: ceramic tiles on the façade emulate the namesake

Bangkok’s „Marble House“: ceramic tiles on the façade emulate the namesake

Openbox Architects use many terms characteristic of natural stone in describing their building

Redesign of Times Square: Granite benches serve not only as seating but also as a place to lean on, from which to enjoy the view, or corner the limelight

Redesign of Times Square: Granite benches serve not only as seating but also as a place to lean on, from which to enjoy the view, or corner the limelight

Architects at Snøhetta have given the famous Manhattan Square a theatre-set feeling

Salk Institute: an architectural masterpiece with face concrete, teak, and travertine

Salk Institute: an architectural masterpiece with face concrete, teak, and travertine

The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) funded the restoration of the damaged wooden window walls

Pflersch’s fire station designed by Roland Baldi Architekt: Building on hazardous landslide locations

Pflersch’s fire station designed by Roland Baldi Architekt: Building on hazardous landslide locations

The building with a gabion-façade ducks in the face of the mountain and is blocking the hazard line