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Love, prosperity, happyness, and – above all – peace for 2026

The Stone Demonstrator in central London serves as a prototype for solid construction using natural stone with prestressed elements, small blocks, and stone bricks

The prototype will be on display until the end of 2026. It may then travel to another location

TITANIUM granite, an exótic stone expressing the power of Earth and the creativity of nature, quarried by Ingá Granitos do Nordeste in Northeastern Brazil

Research on the tomb of Emperor Otto I: The marble for the slab comes from quarries on the island of Marmara (Prokonnesos), not from Italy or Greece

In the confusion surrounding ancient spolia, i.e., the reuse of special pieces, specialists from Vienna and Bochum were able to clarify one detail

For the “Walls & Floors” collection, Monitillo 1980 collaborated with internationally renowned architects who designed the marble and travertine tiles

At the underwater museum “Casa dei Pesci“ (House of Fish) off the coast of Tuscany, marble sculptures draw attention to the exploitation of the oceans

Illegal trawling nets and octopus traps are stripping the seabed bare and tearing out the seagrass

In the exhibition “Étretat beyond the cliffs. Courbet, Monet, Matisse ” (until March 01, 2026), the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon invites visitors to rediscover the cliffs of Normandy in impressionist paintings

The Boulder Park in Vanke Snow Mountain City, near Beijing, offers children a variety of material experiences, including natural Ice Age boulders and 3D-printed caves and tunnels

A leap back in time between 1943 to 1945: Holes in granite paving stones tell the story of the bombing raids in Berlin and elsewhere

Engineer Hans Greiner meticulously examines what information the damage in the stones conveys about that era

We leave no stone unturned

Metro station for the Colosseum in Rome; Indian Ambaji Marble received a Geographical Indication (GI); Rocalia Stone fair in December in Lyon; Video of the month: rocks rolling down a hillside in Buster Keaton‘s film “Seven Chances” (1925)

Exhibition “Aden-Marseille: From One Port to Another“ at the Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, until March 29, 2026

The show traces the ancient and modern history of exchanges between the port city in France and that in Yemen, forging links with other Mediterranean shores and beyond

David Chipperfield Architects has transformed a 1970s Brutalist building, formerly a government ministry, into a luxury hotel in Qatar

Even before the spectacular buildings of today’s architects, there was architecture in the Emirate that is currently experiencing a resurgence in popularity

The second edition of the Portuguese Natural Stone Awards required submissions to present “visions” and “revelations” about what can be achieved with the material and, in doing so, what can be said about the country

Exhibition “Stones and Reveries: The Poetry and Minerals of Roger Caillois“ on show at L’ÉCOLE, the School of Jewelry Arts, in Paris, through March 29, 2026

Draenert 2025: a new version of the asymmetrical top for the “Kent“ table and an outdoor variant; the 30th anniversary of the “Adler“

“Kent” was bestowed one of the prestigious German Design Awards / And: numerous new exotic natural stone varieties