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Architecture: meeting places for citizens (1)
(August 2011) Designing public spaces in natural stone: some examples from the UK, Norway, and Germany
Archive: all the stone news
Markets: Warning shot for China’s ceramic industry
(August 2011) EU-Commission imposes limited import duty as a preliminary measure
Trade fairs: Profound changes ahead
(August 2011) Germany’s Stone+tec shows that the global trade fair environment is dynamic / Statistics on the German market
Miscellaneous: Pif, paf, pouf in the woods
(August 2011) In France a 13th century castle is being reconstructed
Miscellaneous
(August 2011) Latin American economy expects growth of 4.7% on average
Fairs: Big event for local stone
(July 2011) The „Carrara Marble Week“ is staging a protracted art and cultural event revolving around art and culture in marble
Art: 30 cm edge-length
(July 2011) Italian company and German exhibition agent consign artists and designers to construct a marble cube
Architecture: Pineapples behind a stone facade
(July 2011) The Frutigen palm house in the Swiss Alps produces tropical fruits using tempered mountain water
Art: Distinction for masons in heritage projects
(July 2011) Nuremberg Stone+tec once again presents Peter-Parler-Prize
Miscellaneous
(July 2011) 26 new hotels are under construction in Chile
Architecture: Facelift in natural stone
The British city of Liverpool is often only recognized abroad as home to the Beatles. Now the city’s harbour district has been given a remarkable new look. In its centre: a museum
Fairs: less exhibitors at Stone+tec
(July 2011) BusinessStone.com reports from the fair in Nuremberg in an Audio-Slideshow
Architecture: Distinction for „outstanding design“
(July 2011) German Natural Stone Award presented at Stone+tec 2011
Architecture: Cowering before the forces of nature
(July 2011) Portuguese architects plan a science and research centre on the Azorean archipelago
Stone Stories: IF Design publishes nonsense on natural stone
(July 2011) A webpage by the prominent Design-Institution claims that cinder block concrete has a better ecolifecycle