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We leave no stone unturned

We leave no stone unturned

Designer Luca Erba has created tables with a double top for the Italian company Marelli; Study: Who has the largest burial mound? Video from the British Musuem: The oldest map of humanity on a piece of clay from Babylonian times

We leave no stone unturned

We leave no stone unturned

“Boldini“ is the name for Ethimo Outdoor Decor‘s new coffee tables; the MET tells the repair story of Tullio Lombardo’s “Adam“; for tourists: “A Night at the Colosseum in Rome” (until September 30, 2024)

The 11th EuroSkills will be held in September 2029 in Geneva, Switzerland

The 11th EuroSkills will be held in September 2029 in Geneva, Switzerland

At the General Assembly 2024 of WorldSkills Europe, Serbia was accepted as a new member / The next competition on a worldwide level will take place in Lyon in September 2024

On the fence in front of Notre Dame, the professions on the construction site are artistically and very individually depicted

On the fence in front of Notre Dame, the professions on the construction site are artistically and very individually depicted

The photos were taken directly on-site by the famous Studio Harcourt from Paris

We leave no stone unturned

We leave no stone unturned

Austria presented its design at Milan Design Week 2024 in a show at Palazzo Confalonieri, organized by Advantage Austria

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

Some 125,000 years ago, Neanderthals deliberately hunted down and slaughtered European straight-tusked elephants . They used stone tools to cut up the giant prey

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

Bologna’s leaning Garisenda Tower is showing “anomalous movements“ raising fear that it might collpase. The city has launched an additional program to secure the famous monument and ist neighboring tower

New for members of the Natural Stone Institute: Thor Lundh Quarrier Award

New for members of the Natural Stone Institute: Thor Lundh Quarrier Award

The prize will honor people who made an extraordinary contribution to quarrying stone and have furthered the careers of other professionals

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

In January 2024, there was excitement in Bosnia in the area around Zavidovici about a stone ball with a diameter of 3.3 m and an estimated weight of 30 tons that was unearthed. It was probably just a “concretion“, an accumulation of mineral substances

The Tomb Prize of the Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt aims to bring art and craft together

The Tomb Prize of the Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt aims to bring art and craft together

The aim is to focus citizens’ attention on “individual and high-quality grave markers”

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

German designer Bernhard Müller characterizes his work as “timeless and minimalist.“ He founded the Hamburg-based Studio [more] in 1993

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

National Geographic reports about new forms of burial: human composting, alkaline hydrolysis, and coffins with mushroom spores

The winners of the German stonemasons’ competitions “Die Gute Form“ (The Good Form) and “German Craft Skills“ 2023 have been announced

The winners of the German stonemasons’ competitions “Die Gute Form“ (The Good Form) and “German Craft Skills“ 2023 have been announced

Creativity, design, and skill are honored every year

22.02.2022 – 22.02.2024: two years of war in Ukraine

22.02.2022 – 22.02.2024: two years of war in Ukraine

Registration for the European Stone Festival 2024 in Budapest is open until March 31

Registration for the European Stone Festival 2024 in Budapest is open until March 31

Stonemasons and stone sculptors from numerous countries meet on the banks of the Danube in front of the Parliament Building