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»
NSI Channel (Natural Stone Institute)
Webinar of the Natural Stone Institute (NSI): “How the Stone Industry is reacting to Covid-19”
Three heads of large companies in the US reported on their strategies and how they use internal and external communication, for example
Natural Stone Institute: online discussion „How the Stone Industry Is Responding to COVID-19“ on April, 30 (1:00-2:00pm EST, 18:00 GMT)
Participation is free and open also for non-NSI-members / More specified webinars for fabricators
The Natural Stone Institute has announced the 2019/20 recipients of its industry recognition awards
Included are the Migliore Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Women in Stone Pioneer, the Natural Stone Craftsman of the Year, and the Person of the Year
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
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
Usenaturalstone.org is one of the Natural Stone Institute’s (NSI) initiatives to strengthen the stone sector worldwide
Natural Stone Institute Scholarship Recipients to Be Recognized at TISE Fair on January 28, 2020
Celebrated will also be the 2019 Pinnacle and Industry Recognition Award winners / No registration required
