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The title „A spectacular place“ best describes the Darvaz Crater in Turkmenistan, also known as „door to hell“
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Austrian stonemasons‘ design award for innovative design ideas in natural stone indoors and out
The title alone is the reward which the shop is entitled to use for its own advertising for the duration of one year
3. Transylvania Stone Expo from May 25 – 27, 2017 in the city of Cluj-Napoca in Romania
Organizer is the regional Stonemasons’ Association APTRA
Saddle-shaped „Hyparwall”-Elements for walls, towers and façades
Implementation for small stone-meal blocks with ingredients
Materials implemented are black marble, brass, leather, and raffia
Spanish designers of Masquespacio Agency have created a new lamp for Raco
Johannes M. Semmler is the new managing director of Vereinigte Marmorwerke Kaldorf (VM Kaldorf – Kaldorf United Marble)
Semmler is poised to serve markets in North America and the Middle East even more effectively in future
Lego pieces in Engineered Stone that can be stacked and assembled to form different shapes, from trees to houses
At Design Shanghai, Caesarstone presented Superhouse installation by Producks design studio
Marketing: Using emotions to make natural stone stand out among the competing materials
„Selling Stones With Emotions“ was one of the major themes at this year’s World Stone Congress in Xiamen 2017
Stone conservation field school at the Sainte-Marie among the Hurons National Historic Site, Canada
Willowbank offers a three-weeks course in June 2017 with focus on the conservation of a 1639 stone fireplace remains, the earliest European masonry located in Ontario
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„How can these tombstones be repurposed that were blown over and cracked in a major storm?“ is a question someone from an insurance company has raised on the webpage of Repurposed Materials Inc.
Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe in Paris
The Cathedral’s limestone façade shows the path leading from earthly existence to the golden gates of Paradise
Stork: a natural stone and cork sandwich for flooring and walls
A new Portuguese product combines two of the countries natural resources
Brazil’s natural stone exports 2016: more turnover, less profit
There seem to be a worldwide overproduction of granite and marble causing prices to plummet
Euroroc-members visited the Xiamen Trade Fair
25 representatives of natural stone trade organizations accepted an invitation to China
Marble vases like children’s paper cut-outs
Designer Moreno Ratti uses his „Recisi“ Collection to refer to play experiences capable of changing our world