Architecture news / Archive»
- Call for architects to develop ideas about “Living Upon the Play”
- Swedish textile patterns as mosaic pavement on the Hagatorget in Karlstad
Design news / Archive»
- Cattelan Italia: glass with the appearance of onyx or marble for table tops or furniture
- Call for ideas for luxury products using glass and glass fiber together with tiny artificial diamonds
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Consumption by US citizens fell significantly in the second quarter of 2020
- China’s foreign trade seems to be recovering from the Covid 19 pandemic
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- Initiators from Italy are planning a new fair called “Stone America” co-located with the KBIS in Orlando and simultaneously from February 09 to 11, 2021
- Xiamen Stone Fair postponed to 2021
Stone Stories»
- Plato’s cubes, California coast’s surface sinking, the Faroe Bank Channel Overflow in the deep North Atlantic, and the last ice age
- New construction of the Albula Tunnel in the Swiss Alps: at 1192 m driving, the rock is like a “paste and floating” for 21 m
Art news / Archive»
- James Brunt: Land-Art with wonderful geometries from small elements of nature such as leaves, sticks and stones
- Exhibition „En Passant“ about the influence of impressionism on the art of sculpting
Briefly noted»
Architecture news / Archive
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
The 2020 Pritzker Prize goes to Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara who founded Grafton Architects in Dublin
Natural stone walls connect the interior of a new building with the surroundings in a village not far from Prague
Architect Martin Čeněk wanted to integrate the building on the slope inconspicuously into the landscape and optimize it energetically
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
