Architecture news / Archive»
- Lucien Arkas Art Gallery not far from Izmir: despite natural stone not a monolith, but an open building
- Penthouse on Spain’s Costa del Sol: The stairs and a wall as “sculptural elements” to divide the space
Design news / Archive»
- The company Lundhs from Norway can be an example of how a natural stone company can successfully market its own materials with product design
- A reception counter like a massive stone block that can be extended to form a long table
Markets: Selling Stone»
- The USA continues to be the richest country in the world and its citizens hold almost one third of the world’s wealth
- Peter’s Corner: Italy’s natural stone exports declined by (-)5.3% in 2019 after value for the 4th year in succession and that is also the repercussion of persistent marketing failures
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- Registration for “Marmomac Restart Digital Edition” will start on September 10, 2020
- September topic of the Cloud Xiamen Stone Fair’s Product Focus: “Quarry Planet, Journey around the NEW Quarries”
Stone Stories»
- Over 100,000 years ago, fertile loess from the Negev helped the early humans on their way from Africa to Eurasia with the “land of milk and honey” in the Levant
- The peaks of the so-called stone forests were formed by natural dissolution of the rocks in the water and related currents
Art news / Archive»
- Mosaics of marble and glass that take the emptiness out of potholes in city streets and maybe even give them a sense of purpose
- “Break for Art” by the The Dallas Museum of Art: 10 minutes for a deep and unexited look at masterpieces
Briefly noted»
- Science: Sahara dust for the Amazon region, deep-sea coral reefs endangered by climate change, minerals‘ self-healing of irradiation damage, new findings about the Muqarnas vaults at the Alhambra
- TU Delft researchers develop the “living coffin” made from mushroom mycelium to accelerate dead human bodies to become one with nature again and to enrich the soil
Archive: all the stone news
Science: Sahara dust for the Amazon region, deep-sea coral reefs endangered by climate change, minerals‘ self-healing of irradiation damage, new findings about the Muqarnas vaults at the Alhambra
Recent discoveries about our planet in general, its rocks, and other “stone” topics
The company Lundhs from Norway can be an example of how a natural stone company can successfully market its own materials with product design
The manufacturer of rough blocks develops functional products for the (upper) middle class that can be used in everyday life
Mosaics of marble and glass that take the emptiness out of potholes in city streets and maybe even give them a sense of purpose
Jim Bachor found the inspiration for his art during excavations in Pompeii and later, on his doorstep in Chicago
Confindustria Marmomacchine’s general assembly held on September 17, 2020, in Milan
Marco De Angelis was re-elected as president for the term 2020-2022, vice-presidents are Francesco Antolini, Federico Fraccaroli, Corradino Franzi, and Valentina Trois
Measuring the oceans’ water temperatures by sound waves of earthquakes underneath the seafloor
Caltech researchers found a way to correlate the speed of such noise with climate change
A reception counter like a massive stone block that can be extended to form a long table
Designer Davide Vercelli has played with the limestone Pietra Piasentina from northern Italy for the company Julia Marmi
Massimo Potenza is Biesse Group’s new Co-CEO to guide the process of transformation and evolution that the company has been undergoing
The aim is to respond to the permanent global changes with a flexible and resilient staff “in a proactive way”
Over 100,000 years ago, fertile loess from the Negev helped the early humans on their way from Africa to Eurasia with the “land of milk and honey” in the Levant
Dr. Rivka Amit from the Geological Survey of Israel found that dust deposition by desert winds played a critical role in forming thick or thin soils around the Eastern Mediterranean
The USA continues to be the richest country in the world and its citizens hold almost one third of the world’s wealth
New World Wealth’s market researchers, together with Webster Pacific, have conducted a new study to find out where the rich and super-rich there prefer to live
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