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In the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel new LED-lighting has made frescoes more prominently visible
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Modern ideas for the principle of the stone arch
Professor Giuseppe Fallacara: „Stereotomy“ makes use of the stone’s mass for construction / steel ropes are sometimes used for additional features
„Adding Value to a Precious Material – Product Design with Natural Stone“
Peter Becker from Stone-Ideas.com will lecture at the World Stone Congress at Xiamen Stone Fair
Draft versions for natural stone design under pressure
Students participating in a project during the course of Poznań’s trade fair, were required to draft design concepts under the pressure of a strict time limit
Juma Exclusive: „Tuning“ for natural stone by means of design and material
The German Company for exclusive stone-design adapts success stories from the automotive branch to living areas
„Detour“ by Studio Job: like roadwork in marble
Dutch designers craft top-of-the-line collectors’ items in colored natural stone, glass and bronze
US Demand for Construction Chemicals to grow by 8.2 % annually until 2018
Study of Freedonia Group predicts the market total to exceed US-$12 billion in that year
Symposium of Monumental Sculpture in Oudon in the West of France
„Light“ is the topic of the event from August 2 until 16, 2015
Stone branch approaching the „third wave“: Brazil poised to stimulate export-markets in high value goods
In the near future, Brazil hopes to supply US-large-scale projects and sell not only blocks to China
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European Commission lodges official complaint against India with the World Trade Organization
Marble cube with piercings
The building Groenlândia in São Paulo shows architect’s playful experimentation with cut-outs and gaps
Art with Red & Black (stones) in an exhibit in Namur, Belgium
Museum TreM.a shows how minerals like ruby, garnet, onyx, and obsidian were used today and in the past
Marble mosaics define London’s Brasserie Chavot
Interior architect Alex Kravetz Design / Stone supplied by Italian Ghirardi Stone Contractors
Akdo Mosaic tiles: New collection plays with decorative patterns
Silkar Company of Turkey conquers the market with handicraft realization of filigree stone ideas
Enchanting animal figures from Eastern Europe
In the Ural Mountains region of Perm the traditional handicraft of using soft stone is experiencing a comeback