Swedish Natural Stone Award 2022: the paving of the pedestrian zone in Uppsala as the winning project, a park in Helsingborg and a facility for urn graves as finalists

Prizes are awarded for new ideas that also highlight the sustainability and beauty of the material

With “The Henge,“ a modern stone circle moved into the Canary Wharf office complex during the London Design Festival 2022

The structure is quick and easy to erect and dismantle and is ready for subsequent use

Architects from Dutch firm MVRDV give two residential and commercial towers in Nanjing, China, the shape of leafy “Stratified Cliffs“

Kath Khuni construction method: Drywalls with wooden beams and stone roof withstand Himalayan earthquakes

In the north of India some houses built by locals from the materials on site

The Austrian railroad company ÖBB uses the natural stone Dorfergrün from the nearby surroundings as a defining material in its new mobility center in the tourist town of Lienz

Eight winners from all over the world received the 2022 biennial Tucker Design Awards for innovation and excellence in the use of natural stone

The Bybee prize went to architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien

Natural stone from Belgium always comes from Wallonia, and among the famous from there is the petit granite or the red and black marble

The local stones still characterize the face of the villages today

German Natural Stone Award 2022: prizes for buildings in Europe with natural stone from Europe

The main award went to a rather inconspicuous new building for a monastery library

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