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
The ground floor of the great Mayan Temples and Palaces were originally enshrouded in drapery
Professor Jan Pieper of the RWTH Aachen has developed a new theory on equidistant portholes in the Temples’ walls
Renovation of famous Christ Cathedral in California with Grigio Alpi limestone from Italian Grassi Pietre company
The stone is honed, pretreated and vein cut that its gray shades perfectly match the church’s furnishings
The façade at 35 Hudson Yards shows a compelling interplay of glass and Jura-Limestone by Franken-Schotter
Architects at David M. Childs/Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) designed the complex to look unique from every angle
The Qatar National Library: the heritage collection will be displayed on a stage of travertine shelves
Architect Rem Koolhaas’ construction is a metaphor of the eternity and freedom of knowledge
Tirana’s Skanderbeg Square: Natural stone paving shows its colors when the fountains spew
Belgian architects have designed a central square in Albania’s capital with many interpretations
The list of Global Heritage Stone Resource (GHSR) grew by 8 to 22 this year
For the first time stones from Asia, North and South America are represented
Call for entries from all over Europe for the German Natural Stone Award 2020 with prizes of 30,000 € in total
The competition honors outstanding design and contemporary construction using natural stone
Capital of Islamic Culture 2019: Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Tunis, Badar Seri Begawan and Bissau
Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers is bestowing the title for the Arab Region, Asia and Africa
Raw slate slabs give the direction at this year’s Hyde Park Serpentine Pavilion in London
Critics are quick to claim that the installation by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami falls short of the standards set in the last years
New construction with massif supporting natural stone façade built at 62 rue Oberkampf in Paris
Using Pierre de Brétignac limestone, young architects at Barrault Pressacco helped the city achieve climate objectives
