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(March 2012) Export increase by +4.1% value was the result at the end of QIII/2011 for the Italian stone industry
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Architecture: Cooking in a noble ambiance
(February 2012) Design examples of high end kitchens in natural stone from Germany and Spain: Bohus Grey, Macael Marmol, Warwick Satén
Q&A: „Don’t allow stains to dry“
(February 2012) Expert advice: caring for your stone countertop after cooking
Design: always good for surprises
(February 2012) Egyptian-based Hazem Shoukry Designs successful with innovative stone ideas
Markets: Finding an active quarry at the click of the mouse
(February 2012) German publisher Abraxas-Verlag has created an international and interactive database freely accessible via internet
Miscellaneous
(February 2012) New explanation for the craters on Earth and moon
Design: Stone – the verve on the Piazza
(February 2012) Rimini’s recent trade fair showed a project to furnish outdoor-plazas with the declared aim of reviving street-life
Alfredo Polti: Open-air-showroom on the facade
Swiss-based stone manufacturer shows raw and processed gneiss outside and inside a new building
Markets: „Thriving demand“ in Sambalândia
(February 2012) Brazil’s natural stone market is currently experiencing a bull market
Architecture as a stonemason’s theme
Sculptor Ekkehard Altenburger of German dependences has dedicated himself and his work to the balance between buildings and their surrounding environment
Miscellaneous
(February 2012) „Hispano-Moslem Architecture in 3D“ – new ideas for the Spanish stone branch
Architecture: Mysticism in houses of worship
(January 2012) A marble plateau under a French altar, an open mausoleum in Portugal, and a House of Faith in Israel
Architecture: Trapezoids and rectangles on glass
(January 2012) Architects of Prague’s Amazon Court played with geometric shapes defining the façade structure in various stone claddings
Natural stone for starfish and sea snails
Greenpeace reconstructs a stone reef on the German North Sea coast with boulders
In-house elephant-relief
English stonemason works stone to an enormous animal figure