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Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone

The number of hotel openings in Europe is expected to hit an all-time high in 2021, with more than 100,00 new rooms estimated for the year

Studio Marco Piva: interior design for a private home in the heart of Padua with a panoramic view of the entire city

Marble 2021 trade show in Izmir: no crowds, less booths with splendor, but conversations without hustle and bustle and with depth

The industry show in August 2021 was the third in-person event in times of pandemic after Xiamen, and promised a “hopeful new beginning“

Peter’s Corner: the stone sector urgently needs to deal with its waste and residual materials in its public relations work

The reason is that in an article in the influential magazine Architectural Digest, a mood is being created against natural stone

Swedish magazine “Sten“ reports in its issue of October 2021 about the sculptor and writer Petter Eklund (Swedish)

Hans-Jakob Bärlocher: “Residual pieces from quarrying and processing can be used in many ways, as well as stone powder from cutting up the blocks“

Michael Picco and Jim Hieb Participate in Middle East Stone Virtual Education Session

A granite paving like an “Albanian carpet“ for the redesign of the shore in the village of Shiroka

The architects of the firm Casanova+Hernandez have made the area tangible as a unit with a mosaic in the style of local textile art

The mighty sarsen stones in the ring of Stonehenge are built of a nearly indestructible sandstone

The material has 99.7% quartz with crystals in an extremely dense lattice

Combined use of 3D scanning and CNC: for sculptors and natural stone companies, opportunities open up for new products and novel works of art

Examples from Italy, Spain and Germany show how the creatively inclined are already taking advantage of the great opportunities offered by modern technologies

The next Stone+tec 2022 trade fair will be held from June 22 to 25, 2022 (Wednesday to Saturday) at the exhibition center in Nuremberg

Last call for those coming late: Registration needed for entering Turkey e.g., to go to Izmir fair

The form on the webpage of Turkey’s health ministry must be filled in at least 72 hours before travel

The companies in Sweden’s natural stone association are committed to climate-neutral operations by 2029

A “roadmap“ names fields of action and outlines the potential also for modernization and public relations work

Carpenters from the US reconstruct a roof truss from Notre Dame “as a (symbolic) gift to France“

Experienced craftsmen from all over the country come together in Washington DC using materials and methods of medieval church builders

Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone

The 21st Xiamen Stone Fair (May 18-21, 2021) registered “over 1,100 exhibiting companies from domestic and abroad” on “a total exhibition area of 162,000 m²“ spread over “8 exhibition areas in 20 exhibition halls”