Architecture news / Archive»
- Vivienda CM in Buenos Aires: travertine for the exterior walls and roof of a residential building
- The lobby of Arizona State University’s Washington Center is adorned with desert sandstone worked with CNC-cuts and sandblasting
Design news / Archive»
- Salvatori shows its novelties 2020 only in the media – even without the furniture fair in Milan and Design Week
- “Fractile” from ceramic-company Casalgrande Padana and architect Daniel Libeskind: playing with geometry and glazed surfaces
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Italian Biesse Group has published the 3. edition of its Sustainability Report
- In the BioProMarL project, researchers hope to give the stone surfaces new properties, modelled on the lotus effect
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- Middle East Stone and The Big 5 in Dubai postponed to next year (2021) September 12 – 15
- Message from Xiamen Stone Fair as the Covid-19 virus is spreading in some regions in the Americas, Africa, and India: “We care much about you”
Stone Stories»
Art news / Archive»
- Application open until October 01, 2020: 10 to 15 grants for artists from or living in the Arab world, and/or engaged with the Arab world
- For young emerging Tunesian artists: the Rambourg Foundation Prize for Contemporary Art (submissions postponed to July 15, 2020)
Briefly noted»
Architecture news / Archive
France’s Natural Stone Award „Building with natural stone in the 21st century” again showed numerous innovative ideas
There is no prize money to be won, which probably is why the number of entries is low (but the quality high), this time 22
Professor Giuseppe Fallacara designs and builds an acoustic shell made of hexagonal natural stone elements
„Stereotomy” is the name given to the age-old direction of architecture, which uses the weight of the stone for construction
China’s „white alcohol” Baijiu starts with an Experience Store in Shanghai to conquer the world
The designers of the Ippolito Fleitz Group underline the high quality as the core of the brand with marble, among other materials
15 Clerkenwell Close, London: a solid stone façade that plays a bearing role and symbolizes history
Amin Taha has created an extraordinary architecture that sparked controversy and criticism for some time
Natural Stone Institute (NSI) Announces Winners of 2019 Pinnacle Awards
Twenty-two projects honored with prizes for Excellence / Grande Pinnacle Award bestowed to Pei Cobb Freed & Partners for 7 Bryant Park
Best of 2019: Architecture with natural stone
The editors of Stone-Ideas.com have compiled the 5 articles and reports with the most clicks in 2019
Natural stone reused: Steps of a staircase on Lake Lugano
In the famous village of Gandria, architect Enrico Sassi has renewed a small detail with great effect
Marketplace in Novo Mesto, Slovenia: a natural stone pavement modelled along the baroque
The square in the Slovenian city was redesigned by Atelier Arhitekti as a place for citizens
Rural tradition and modernity come together in a former farmhouse, set among the hills of Treviso
Architect Giovanni Zanella renovated, extended and transformed the building with a stone façade
Spanish Macael Prizes (Premios Macael) awarded for the 33rd time
The accolade distinguishes buildings where natural stone and artificial stone from Andalusia was implemented around the world
