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The Exhibition “Lords of Water, Olmec Sacred Spaces” at the Xalapa Museum of Anthropology in Veracruz, Mexico, shows the spectacular finds from the holy Cerro El Manatí site

On show are polished stone axes, wooden busts, ceramic vessels, rubber balls, seeds and other organic material, as well as infant remains, from between 1700 and 900 BC

Damaged stonebricks find a new use as bar counter material at the stylish Brown’s of Leith in Edinburgh

The designers at Groves-Raines Architects Studios (GRAS) explained the concept behind it: “Stone does not need to be reintroduced. It needs to be re-learned”

New in the Stone Finder: PERSIAN BLUE ONYX, with an endless and weightless color in which earth’s permanence meets the movement of light, quarried by Dayan Stone from Iran

A kitchen built around Rapolano Travertino, a stone deeply rooted in Italy‘s history and architecture

Vaselli company produces the island-table with sink and cooking area plus a cabinetry / Nicola Gallizia Studio did the design

London’s Maida Hill Market now boasts a public restroom made of natural stone

The use of recycled material further democratizes the material

Andy Luther of Rademann Stone & Landscape Co., Inc. was presented with the 2026 Thor Lundh Quarrier Award by the Natural Stone Institute for his extraordinary contribution to quarrying natural stone

Final Report on Marmomac 2026: fewer exhibitors than last year, more B2B meetings, the winners of the new Sustainability Award, and this year’s Masters of Stone

In the Garden of Gratitude in South Korea’s capital, Seoul, house-high granite steles commemorate the countries that intervened in the Korean War to support the South

As a symbol of solidarity, stones from the supporting nations are incorporated into the pillars

New in the Stone Finder: PALLADIO PERLA NERA, a compact and high-performance granite with a deep black backdrop featuring pearlescent highlights, from Italian Grassi Pietre company

“Ulisse” is the name of the new collection by Cantori designed by Maurizio Manzoni

It is composed of a dining table, a console, and a column bookcase with tops in marble, ceramic, or screen-printed glass and with shaped metal frames

Visiting the East Storehouse of the Victoria & Albert Museum is a deep dive into the treasures normally hidden in the archives

The designers from Diller Scofidio + Renfro developed the concept to present over 250,000 objects, 350,000 books, and more, like in a storehouse

Kengo Kuma: An Arched Structure to Protect the Artwork at the Entrance of Angers Cathedral

During the cleaning of the façade at the main entrance in 2009, the colors of the medieval paintings were revealed

The New Members of the Natural Stone Institute (NSI), September 2026

New City Forum (Stadtforum) in Dresden by Tchoban Voss Architects and Barcode Architects

The facade, constructed of Dietfurt limestone, is divided into three sections, each reflecting the function of the spaces within

In the STONE FINDER and at Marmomac 2026

We have compiled some of the stones from our worldwide database and name the companies behind them and their booth numbers