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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

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

The Boulder Park in Vanke Snow Mountain City, near Beijing, offers children a variety of material experiences, including natural Ice Age boulders and 3D-printed caves and tunnels

David Chipperfield Architects has transformed a 1970s Brutalist building, formerly a government ministry, into a luxury hotel in Qatar

Even before the spectacular buildings of today’s architects, there was architecture in the Emirate that is currently experiencing a resurgence in popularity

The second edition of the Portuguese Natural Stone Awards required submissions to present “visions” and “revelations” about what can be achieved with the material and, in doing so, what can be said about the country

Fairburn Tower in Scotland is a residential tower from centuries past and, after its restoration, now serves as a holiday apartment

The Landmark Trust protects historic buildings in Great Britain from decay and repurposes them

The Poetry of Stone: Marmo Arredo renovates a private residence in Cittadella in the northern Italian province of Padua

Stone Insight: Tutankhamun’s Tomb Treasures, Including the Gold Mask, are on Display on the Second Floor of the Grand Egyptian Museum

The Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo showcases the splendor of its treasures with translucent alabaster

Triangles are the central theme of the façade, which thus establishes a close connection to the nearby Pyramids of Giza

Europa Nostra Award 2025 for the restoration of the Art Deco Hôtel Solvay in Brussels

A miracle of Art Deco, where architect Victor Horta gave special attention even to the smallest detail of the building

In the new “Carbon Garden“ in London’s parks, architect Jonathan Mizzi makes climate change and natural building materials the subject of a botanical installation