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Architecture: lovingly spruced-up
(June 2012) Guimarães in Portugal and Maribor in Slovenia are this year’s European Capitals of Culture
Archive: all the stone news
Art: an Angel with a mobile phone and QR-Codes for gravestones
(June 2012) Artists and designers are bringing modern communication technology and stone closer together
Miscellaneous
(June 2012) Construction of Izmir’s new fairground has begun materializing
Design: „Stone Drapes“
(June 2012) At the international furniture trade fair in Milan a number of new design ideas for natural stone and engineered stone were on exhibit
Architecture: Bathing in a noble ambiance
(May 2012) Natural stone for the bathroom: Examples from Germany, Italy und Spain
Design: Stitching in marble-mosaic
(May 2012) Tiles in combination with stone, metal and mother-of-pearl by China-based Heda Marble & Mosaics Company
Architecture: monumental and luxurious material
The new congress hall in Tashkent is purportedly Uzbekistan’s most modern
Architecture: Recycling of material as a central idea
(May 2012) The winner of the Pritzker Award, Wang Shu, was lauded for his concept of the city of the future
Miscellaneous
(May 2012) Patgeomine 2012 is an international geological and mining inheritance congress
Bringing the canyon to the hotel
A Las Vegas luxury spa reconstructed a gorge in natural stone. But that’s not all: the spa also contains a Turkish bath, albeit in quartzite, not in marble
Design: „Boiseries“ (wood inlays) in stone
(May 2012) Italian company livens up wall cladding in natural stone
Markets: going from strength to strength in turbulent times
(Mai 2012) In 2011, Italy’s stone industry reached a plus mainly in exporty of finished products / India most important supplier
Art: Tradition and delight as an end in itself
(May 2012) The two artists making up Escultura-Opaso work according to commission and delight in unusual ideas
Miscellaneous
(May 2012) Master courses in Architecture and Contemporary Building Design with Stone
Architecture: Cooking in noble ambiance
(April 2012) Unusual cooking ideas were submitted at the Austrian Stone Masons’ competition. One such exocentric idea was a 10 cm-thick counter-top