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»
- Luxury design for the elevator cabin: various features against Coronavirus contagion of passengers, light shapes the box, natural stone or full-size monitors for the walls
- Salvatori shows its novelties 2020 only in the media – even without the furniture fair in Milan and Design Week
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»
Company news
FILA: the innovations at Marmomac and Cersaie are „green”
FILA surface care solutions focuses on research and development for sustainability
Company news: at Marmomac, Thibaut shows 5 machines and multiple equipment for machining all types of natural or agglomerated materials
The French machinery company will also show workpieces (kitchentops, bathroom, monuments) produced with its equipment
Company news: Intermac, Donatoni Macchine, and Montresor will show the latest stone machining technology in Hall 5 of Marmomac
„Added productivity, cost reduction, safety, and technological innovation are at the heart of Donatoni design,“ according to a press release
In Hall 1, Grassi Pietre’s limestone Pietra di Vicenza comes back to its formation in the oceans of primeval times
Under the title „The Stone and The Water“ the company shows an artistic installation referring to sea-life 40 million years ago
AKDOLAM: stone sandwiches „totally customizable“
The thin, light-weight panels in large formats allow a reduction of the construction costs with marble / High impact-resistance
Zanettin combines stainless-steel and stone to indoor and outdoor furniture and to modern types of gabions
Applications range from gardening to art and even anti-terrorist blockings
At Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts, FILA Surface Care Solutions impregnated the natural stone façades
At Marmomac, acid protection of kitchen counter tops and stone washing tables is an important center of focus
Ceará is becoming a hub for the stone sector in Brazil’s North
The 4th Fortaleza Brazil Stone Fair from April 18 to 20, 2018 is a major step among various initiatives
