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Flow of the Stone Wall

British landscape architect Andy Goldsworthy creates unusual slate art in London’s City Centre

Design: Ready-to-install parquet in natural stone

(November 2009) Brazilian Company fuses stone rods for flooring or countertops

Planed: a pan-continental network for natural stone

Marmomacc saw the first tangible steps toward the foundation of a global organization for the stone branch

Delicate Balance

Artist Shane Hart from USA stacks rocks and then watches them collapse

Miscellaneous

(November 2009) Printing sandstone instead of stonewalling

SILVER CLOUD, a marble in silver and grey with light veins and spots from Stonetech company, Greece

Design: Playground for the designer

(October 2009) „Marmomacc meets design” campaign once again bore many unusual ideas

Architecture: Distinction not only for the Marble Opera house

(October 2009) The Marmomacc prize for architectural distinction awarded for projects around the world

Design: Living like in a Venetian Palace

For his exhibit „The Doge’s Marble“ at Marmomacc 2009, Raffaello Galiotto found design inspiration in the ancient splendor of the Doge’s Palace in Venice

Design: Wonderland out of Marble and Onyx

(October 2009) At Marmomacc, „Marbleous Garden“ plays with material and the beholder’s imagination

Markets: Soliciting vacuum cleaners and wet-walls

(October 2009) A Brazilian ordinance requires new labour protection measures

Stone „curtains“

The facade of the École des Arts Décoratifs in Versailles stirs curiosity for what might be going on behind it

Architecture: Building in and on cliffs

(October 2009) Examples of spectacular cliff-hanger homes in Peru, Mexico and Switzerland

Tropical Marble

Brazilian Company Michelangelo Mármores e Granitos presents natural stone from South America

Decorative ornaments for facades

The „Wallcladding Concept” offers a wide array of design possibilities for landlords and architects alike