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The Sculpture School in Peccia in the Swiss Ticino is ready to receive new applications for its courses in the coming months
The Corona-Crowdfunding “Helping Hands for Peccia” was an extraordinary success
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The lobby of Arizona State University’s Washington Center is adorned with desert sandstone worked with CNC-cuts and sandblasting
The cladding of 2 walls emulates the spectacular slot canyons of the US State
In the BioProMarL project, researchers hope to give the stone surfaces new properties, modelled on the lotus effect
Experts from the Levantina company and laser scientists from Spain use laser technology to reduce dirt adhesion and improve skid resistance
Terrazzo tiles with marble inlays that could have fallen from the sky
The Italian company Mondo Marmo Design uses water jet technology to offer innovative designs for the well-known floor covering
Does the subduction of tectonic plates accelerate before major earthquakes?
Before the event followed by the Fukushima tsunami, the direction of the Earth crust’s movement had even been reversed for a short time
Turkey’s stone exports in 2019 were again down on the previous year (-2.32%), but the share of end products in the total balance increased (+3.34%)
The country has opened important markets in the Middle East and is well on the way to becoming one of the leading players in the states of the former Soviet Union
Tectonic plates started shifting some 3.2 billion years ago, earlier than previously thought
A research team led by Harvard scientists analyzed how the position of ancient rocks changed over time while research usually focuses on the chemical structures in the stone
Capitals of Islamic Culture 2020: Cairo, Bukhara (Uzbekistan) and Bamako (Mali)
The Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers has again awarded the title for the regions of Arabia, Asia and Africa
International Congress “Monument Future – Decay and Conservation of Stone” in September 2020 at the University of Göttingen in Germany
Experts from all over the world will discuss the current state of research and practical examples from damage analysis and stone restoration
Drugs hidden in blocks of marble from Mexico – Spanish police tracked down dealers
The gangsters had neatly milled cylinders out of the stone and then elaborately sealed them
Learning from Covid-19: the home is more important than ever, and beautiful materials for its design also are
Italian Ceramiche Caesar sees “new domesticity taking shape” after Corona and its lockdown and quarantine
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
Micellaneous: ideas with natural stone
Ring Grips with super-thin stone “so you don’t drop your phone” is how Mikol Marmi describes its newest product