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Indirectly, sustainability reports will also be required from 2026 from smaller natural stone companies and those outside the EU

The aim is to present the company’s environmental and social policy

Marmomac 2024: In the exhibtion “Full/Empty” in Hall 10, designers explore the concept of opposites as a basic of artistic design and apply modern technologies in their work with natural stone

We leave no stone unturned

“Idea Forma” is the title of an exhibition at the Chianti Sculpture Park in Pievasciata near Siena, Tuscany; Carrara‘s marble quarries play a role in the American Saga “The Brutalist“ launched at the Venice Fim Festival 2024; Brazilian Stone Tour; Video of the month: Yoga in a mable quarry and in a cavern

The architect Gilles Perraudin has built a mountain retreat for city dwellers

Only stone and wood were used in the style of a local sheepfold, but with careful and modern design details

Sahar Khalaji from Iran deals with the topic of womanhood and femininity in her monumental stone sculptures

In some of her works she also implements her country’s carpet tradition in marble

AMERICAN CAVIAR, a white marble with dark oval-shaped layers or rounded nodules, quarried in zero-waste-production by Cochise Marble company in Arizona, USA

Natural stone was the theme of the sixth edition of the Académie des savoir-faire (Academy of Know-How) organized by the Hermès Foundation

The aim was to provide builders with the latest knowledge about the ancient material and with practical experience

New ideas for stone tiles for walls and floors created by internationally known designers and produced by Italian Monitillo 1980 company

Study by the Boston Consulting Group: Consumers are prepared to pay a price premium for products with zero carbon emissions

We discuss the question how natural stone exporting countries can adapt to this

Marmomac meets Academies looks behind the stony side of the stone with experimental works

Professor Giuseppe Fallacara’s show in Hall 10 of the fair (24 to 27 September 2024) plays with René Magritte’s surrealism

A look at the stone sector in 2023 worldwide: the year was also negative for Italy’s stone exporters, albeit moderately compared to other countries

DARNEY SANDSTONE, a beautiful carboniferous stone known for its light gold through to blonde coloration, much used across Scotland and Northern England, quarried by Hutton Stone company

Semi-precious AMAZONITE, very hard, resistant to acids, and translucent, quarried by Granistone company in the Brazilian state of Ceará

Buildings made of solid stone also offer new design options for the façades

The material with its great thickness makes 3D ornaments or reliefs in an infinite range possible

DIETFURT DOLOMITE® (Wachenzeller), a robust and rustic limestone with a Mediterranean appeal but resistant to frost and de-icing salts, quarried in Bavaria by Franken-Schotter