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Architecture: Nooks and crannies in slate

Luxury dwellings in Estonia’s capital Tallinn

Ticket to the time-machine

(January 2011) In the French region of Burgundy, milestones take us back in time to the Romans and post Roman times

Miscellaneous

(January 2011) A travertine façade will adorn the new German Federal Ministry of the Interior

Markets: „Brazil takes off“

(January 2011) Country the size of an entire continent enjoys an unprecedented boom. A major producer of stone in its own right Brazil is turning into an increasingly interesting market for foreign imports

Markets: 30% are processed and resold

(January 2011) Raw block orders from Carrara to China – an analysis / „Made for China“ – a trend

Design: Imaging marble as „young and modern“

(January 2011) Italian-based Decormarmi is seeking to renew the image for stone and hopes to conquer new consumers

Art: Brushstrokes in stone

(January 2011) Polish artist uses unusual technique in mosaics

Adverts

(January 2011) Xiamen-special offer: in February the economy-advertisement is on offer at a discount rate of 100 US-$ (76 €)

Miscellaneous

(January 2011) Cleopatra’s Needle is among the themes of Per Storemyr’s homepage

Touch-stones for hands and feet

Every stone trade fair experiences it time and again: A stone that is aesthetically pleasing almost magnetically attracts beholders to touch it. Could the stone branch make use of this property?

Architecture: Colourful as life itself

(December 2010) Ongoing construction of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família for over one century

Design: Message on the curb

(December 2010) „ABC-curbs“ and boulder-sinks at the Polish competition for design students

Trade Fairs: „Design in the Streets“

(December 2010) Cersaie Ceramics trade fair incorporated Bologna’s city centre as part of the exhibit grounds

The scientists in the European-funded project Quarry Scapes intend to save abandoned stone extraction sites as witnesses to human trade and civilization

Art: Surprise of the century on occasion of the 100th anniversary

(December 2010) Swiss Stone Masons’ and Sculptors’ Trade Association commissioned 100 „resting stones“ on the occasion of it’s centenary