Architecture news / Archive»
- The German Natural Stone Award (DNP) was awarded for the 19th time
- Call for the creation of a dry stone landscape work in the territory of the Gorges du Gardon Biosphere Reserve in Southern France
Design news / Archive»
- United Alabaster company: “the ‘Glans’ lamp comes directly from nature to your space”
- Pure Talents Contest at imm Cologne 2021: chances for young talents working in the field of furniture to show their ideas to the world
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Eurostat publishes for 37 countries in Europe their Gross Domestic Product per capita, Consumption per capita and Price Level Indices
- Covid-19: SapienStone sees changes in living and praises its porcelain stoneware (with natural stone appearance) for it
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- New dates announced for next Stone+tec in Nuremberg, Germany: 2021, May 12 – 15
- Next Cersaie will take place in 2021 from September 27 to October 01
Stone Stories»
- After the assassination of Caesar, a volcanic eruption in Alaska caused a worldwide weather anomaly which contributed to the end of the Roman Republic
- Archaeologists discover a massive circle of prehistoric shafts near Stonehenge
Art news / Archive»
- Three lavish residencies for worldwide artists who are interested in a cooperation with scientists researching aesthetic liking and aesthetic preferences
- Chris Booth places really big stone sculptures in the landscape and makes even the smallest things visible
Briefly noted»
Architecture news / Archive
The German Natural Stone Award (DNP) was awarded for the 19th time
Prizes went to sustainable projects that demonstrate high architectural quality and energy-saving construction methods
Call for the creation of a dry stone landscape work in the territory of the Gorges du Gardon Biosphere Reserve in Southern France
International architects may enter the contest (only in French) / € 55,000 for the realization of the winner’s idea
Designer Raffaello Galiotto and the Margraf company give a marble facade the appearance of a curtain
The 350 individual elements can be produced and mounted on the wall in natural stone more cost-effectively than in other materials
Two Union Square high-rise in Seattle: the stone wall shows the elemental forces of nature
The architects of NBBJ have decorated the lobby with a fantastic work of art / Picco Engineering provided the planning for the cutting and installation of the elements
The toilet cottage at Skjervet waterfall in Norway – one of the places to visit, even without inner urge
The architects of Fortunen Arkitektur AS have placed a building like a sculpture with a great view on the riverbank
Vivienda CM in Buenos Aires: travertine for the exterior walls and roof of a residential building
The architects of Además Arquitectura played with classical geometric bodies and put them together in a modern arrangement
The lobby of Arizona State University’s Washington Center is adorned with desert sandstone worked with CNC-cuts and sandblasting
The cladding of 2 walls emulates the spectacular slot canyons of the US State
Capitals of Islamic Culture 2020: Cairo, Bukhara (Uzbekistan) and Bamako (Mali)
The Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers has again awarded the title for the regions of Arabia, Asia and Africa
