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The stepwells in India are among the most unusual stone structures in the world

Geometrically complex staircases lead to the water reservoirs sometimes 30 m deep / Ornaments with diverse stone sculptures

Congress at the Stone+tec trade fair 2022: “Natural stone is THE material for sustainable building“

The industry shows featured presentations on the material’s strengths in terms of its environmental footprint as well as thoughts on its weaknesses in terms of image

The exhibition “Beyond Hellas: Santiago Calatrava in the Glyptothek“ (through October 23, 2022) features a dialogue between the permanent collection of sculptures and the renowned architect, engineer and artist

Stone Insight: an Adjacent Grain Analysis (AGA) and numerous other tests were used to find a suitable white marble for the façade of Capital One Hall in Tyson, Virginia

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 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

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

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

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

“Gothenburg floor“ as a trademark for the redesign of a shopping center in the Swedish city

Architectural firm Sweco and sculptor Pål Svensson intersperse the granite slabs with spread brass strips containing civic data