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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

Dialogue House in Phoenix, Arizona by Wendell Burnette Architects: a place with a view of landscape and sky

Dialogue House in Phoenix, Arizona by Wendell Burnette Architects: a place with a view of landscape and sky

Italian Limestone Avorio Bianco by Grassi Pietre was implemented in the master bathroom

„Stonematters“ by AAU Anastas is a self-supporting limestone vault

„Stonematters“ by AAU Anastas is a self-supporting limestone vault

Palestinian architects draw on the ancient principle of stereotomy in which natural stone serves as a supporting material

Mario Botta carves a “Stone Flower“ („Fiore di pietra“) in lofty 1.700 m height on the Monte Generoso

Mario Botta carves a “Stone Flower“ („Fiore di pietra“) in lofty 1.700 m height on the Monte Generoso

The limestone-clad building contains restaurants and conference rooms and is a must for tourists

Saddle-shaped „Hyparwall”-Elements for walls, towers and façades

Saddle-shaped „Hyparwall”-Elements for walls, towers and façades

Implementation for small stone-meal blocks with ingredients

Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe in Paris

Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe in Paris

The Cathedral’s limestone façade shows the path leading from earthly existence to the golden gates of Paradise

Italian Palazzo with modern limestone façade

Italian Palazzo with modern limestone façade

Architects at MYGG play with materials like stone, glass and metal as others would play a musical instrument

7 Bryant Park, Manhattan: Corporate Architecture with an hourglass, limestone, marble and granite

7 Bryant Park, Manhattan: Corporate Architecture with an hourglass, limestone, marble and granite

Luxurious building complex by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, Architects use the hourglass as a leitmotif and were rewarded with a Tucker Design Award

Slate akin to a river of molten lava, pressed up a wall and continuing to flow along the ceiling

Slate akin to a river of molten lava, pressed up a wall and continuing to flow along the ceiling

Stroili Stone conjured up something special for its Vienna showroom – a mise-en-scène in natural stone

3D-Printing with stone slurry: „Stone on Demand“ offers many new possibilities for the marble branch

3D-Printing with stone slurry: „Stone on Demand“ offers many new possibilities for the marble branch

Recycling waste from stone production / The stone branch should be weary not to miss the bandwagon as in the case of engineered stone

Hermana República: In the restaurant behind the gabions craft beer is served

Hermana República: In the restaurant behind the gabions craft beer is served

The unobtrusive Merida-based building in Yucatán’s capital makes numerous references to its surroundings

Foster + Partners’ win competition for a new luxury hotel in Makkah looking at the Holy Kaaba

Foster + Partners’ win competition for a new luxury hotel in Makkah looking at the Holy Kaaba

The design follows a philosophy of ‚luxury with humility’ with an understated elegance throughout the development, says one of the architects

Natural-stone-concrete-sandwich provides maximum structural integrity at minimum costs

Natural-stone-concrete-sandwich provides maximum structural integrity at minimum costs

Swiss-based Futurafrosch in cooperation with sandstone company Bärlocher and other partners has developed new technology