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Disastrous fire in Brazil’s national museum in Rio de Janeiro
The building not only hosted precious items of art and science but was also was a document of the former colony’s history
Archive: all the stone news
People’s Choice Awards at the Chelsea Flower Show went to Projects incorporating drywalls
Designers created gardens relating to their sponsors
Limpets know about the state of their stone-like shells and are capable to repair the lime, in case of damage
„These simple marine organisms can react in a very subtle and clever way,“ a Trinity College Dublin scientist says
Designer Chris Basias: marble and brass lamps in balance
Greek designer takes the antique heritage of his country lightly placing great importance on perfection in craftsmanship
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
Monuments in Armenia can be seen on the Bohemian Blog. Many objects are made with natural stone
Professor of architecture Christoph Mäckler: „With natural stone a building is a building and not merely some unholy mess“
Talk at the Stone+tec Trade Fair on occasion of the German Natural Stone Awards presentation
Giuseppe Penone: cast trees cradling a river boulder in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park until April 28, 2019
The artist’s main topic is the relationship between sculpture, nature and the human body / Fascination with skin
Photo shooting for Laura Aparicio at Grassi Pietre’s factory
Maybe the fashion label’s art director was allured by the contrast of the stone hardness and the softness of clothes and fabrics
Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo in part caused by Indonesian volcano Tambora’s eruption, scientist says
Electrically charged volcanic ash short-circuited Earth’s atmosphere in 1815, causing global poor weather
Stone people: An Italian with a suitcase full of stone samples calling on customers in the USA
Guido Bissi, a name with high reputation in Brazil’s stone branch, was honored posthumously at the Fortaleza Brazil Stone Fair (FBSF)
Granite crystallizes at a temperature 200 degrees lower than previously thought
Finding challenges long-held assumptions about common material in continental crusts
Book „Marmo 4.0“: how the time-honored natural stone became a modern building material
The book describes works of the famous Italian Designer Raffaello Galiotto, which caused admiration at Marmomac’s Italian Stone Theatre
Natural Stone Institute Releases Quarrier Toolbox Talks
Exams and 10 documents outlining best practices to maintain health and safety of quarriers are available for free
Photographer Scott Smith captures the gradual metamorphosis to stone and adds artistic changes of his own
He calls his work „homages to materiality and the ephemeral nature of light“