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The art of building dry stone walls has been added to the Unesco List of Intangible Cultural Heritage

One definition is: “A natural stone wall consists of stones, air, and the art of building it“

25th issue of Xiamen Stone Fair

Booths with more refined design, greater focus on complete environments, conference program focused on training young people and on green development

PELAGONIA, a fine grained cream-beige calcite marble widely appreciated among architects and decorators, quarried by Greek Birros-HMG in Southern Albania

“Adym“ bookcase by Gabriele and Oscar Buratti for Neutra

The furniture piece goes beyond its usual function and becomes a custodian of memories, passions, and objects collected over time

A new map of Antarctica allows a view under the thick ice of the white continent to the rocky landscape above the pole of the southern hemisphere

The monumental stone sculptures from the Tuwaiq Symposium and other works of art from the Riyadh Art program are intended to beautify the Saudi capital

The white marble statues of the gods of antiquity had a heavenly scent

Danish researcher Cecilie Brøns from the Glyptothek in Copenhagen found evidence in literature and inscriptions

Germany is planning a learning center for stonemasons that will demonstrate solid construction with natural stone in practice

There is now a design for the “Campus Stone Center Wunsiedel” made by students from the Technical University (TU) Dortmund

In our Stone Finder and at Xiamen Stone Fair: Marbles SAKURA and FOUR SEASONS PINK from Xiaotian Mining, Cambodia

We leave no stone unturned

European Stone Festival May 2025 in Halifax, England; underground drug tunnel Morocoo-Ceuta in former marble factory; Turkish stone quarrying in Afghanistan; natural beasts created by Tafoni Weathering in Norway

Natural stone worldwide: door signs and house numbers are ways to add attractive accents to a building

For our overview article, we have once again brought together works by stonemasons and creatives from various countries

In our Stone Finder and at Xiamen Stone Fair: marbles BLANC WEAVE and RIVERDANCE, quarried by Stonewhite company in Sichuan province, southwest China

In our Stone Finder and at Xiamen Stone Fair: marble VIENTIANE GRAY, quarried in Laos by Chinese Guangdong Jinnuode Mining Industry Co.

For 2025, China has set an economic growth target of around 5%

Long-term modernization of the country as a major goal and domestic demand as the most important driver of development

During the next five-year plan (2026 – 2030), China wants to significantly reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions

The ecological footprint of building materials is also to be controlled / Forum at Xiamen Stone Fair