Architecture news / Archive»
- Call for the creation of a dry stone landscape work in the territory of the Gorges du Gardon Biosphere Reserve in Southern France
- Designer Raffaello Galiotto and the Margraf company give a marble facade the appearance of a curtain
Design news / Archive»
- Pure Talents Contest at imm Cologne 2021: chances for young talents working in the field of furniture to show their ideas to the world
- New from Promemoria: lamps by designer Romeo Sozzi from 2013
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Covid-19: SapienStone sees changes in living and praises its porcelain stoneware (with natural stone appearance) for it
- Peter’s Corner: the new start after Covid-19, which Marmomac wants to give companies with its “Re-Start” Project, could be more than just back to business as usual
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- New dates announced for next Stone+tec in Nuremberg, Germany: 2021, May 12 – 15
- Next Cersaie will take place in 2021 from September 27 to October 01
Stone Stories»
- After the assassination of Caesar, a volcanic eruption in Alaska caused a worldwide weather anomaly which contributed to the end of the Roman Republic
- Archaeologists discover a massive circle of prehistoric shafts near Stonehenge
Art news / Archive»
- Prince Claus Fund and Goethe-Institut: call for art-projects which lead to sustainability and better societies
- The Atlantic magazine interviewed 3 artists in the USA about the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on their work: “That is what we train for,” says one
Briefly noted»
Briefly noted
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
Only a small path with precipices of several 100 m on both sides leads to the Altenalp Türm summit in the Swiss Alps
„Turner. The Sea and the Alps“ in the Kunstmuseum Lucerne, Switzerland until October 13, 2019
The British painter is one of the first to depict the Swiss mountains and lakes / Travel nerves for high altitudes
„Upcycling“ of broken stone tools was a stone-age-behavior to get special utensils for precision and accuracy tasks
Finds in the Qesem Cave near Tel Aviv show that people 400,000 years ago had a sophisticated toolkit
The „Well of Eternity“ – the center of an eternal resting place
Stonemason and engineer Timothy Vincent developed an innovative concept for modern burials
„Chisel and Memory. The contribution of marble craftsmanship to the restoration of the Acropolis monuments“
The photo exhibition in the Acropolis Museum in Athens pays a tribute to stonemasons’ role in safeguarding the antique treasures
Italian Confindustria Marmomacchine is preparing an „International Stone Network” as supranational community
General assembly with more than 170 delegates in Milan / Business statistics: „Slight slowdown compared to the record levels of previous years”
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
Norwegian block producer Lundhs has started an online shop where it sells design objects created with its Larvikite-stones
NSI Technical Director Chuck Muehlbauer answers questions about tolerances or countertop overhang limits, and many more
Eighteen new „Queries + Quandaries“ articles have been added to the Natural Stone Resource Library for free usage
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
The new Statue of Liberty Museum on Liberty Island was opened to the public on May 2019. The building uses the same Stony Creek Granite which has been serving for the pedestal of the monument since 1874
„Safe Stone Shopping” is a free 3-minute video from the Natural Stone Institute
A stone showroom is not a playground – safety guidelines for consumers entering such a place or a fabrication facility for the first time
