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A stone wall in a dense forest in southern Italy bears witness to Rome’s military tactics against the Spartacus rebels

On the plateau of Dossone della Melia in Calabria, a more than 2000-year-old fortification with weapon remains was discovered

Sandstone plant boxes on the façade as climate-friendly cladding for the outer skin of an office building

The architects of the PMA Madhushala office in the Indian city of Pune use shading and evaporation to create a bearable climate

COTTAER sandstone from Saxony in Germany, much used during the centuries since Baroque and also recently for the reconstruction of prominent facades

French magazine Pierre Actual (No 1040, Sept 2024) describes the entrepreneurial news at Yelmini company

The Olympic surfing 2024 will take place in Tahiti at the Teahupo’o Reef

A steep wall off the coast of French Polynesia and the winter wind there create the huge waves

Italian-French design brand Radar Interior has unusual surfaces for the marble used for its “Solco“ lamps and the coffee table

For the “Jupiter“ and “Venus“ lamps, the stone is super-thin and translucent

The Italian brand Kreoo and the French designer Christophe Pillet show new ideas for exclusive everyday objects made of natural stone

The “Blessed“ bathtub with different types of stone inside and out is spectacular

Antonio Vigo from Spain created a work for the Tuwaiq Sculpture Symposium 2024 in Riyadh that addresses recurring cycles and eternity

Without fear of crossing boundaries, he developed his own tool for this

SIERRA SMOKE, a sandstone with unique reddish colors ranging from burgundy to purple, quarried by Las Vegas Rock company in Nevada near the glittering gambling city

Austria: Environmentalists and the raw materials industry in the same boat

Active quarries or gravel pits are valuable habitats and breeding grounds for animals and plants

We leave no stone unturned

“Boldini“ is the name for Ethimo Outdoor Decor‘s new coffee tables; the MET tells the repair story of Tullio Lombardo’s “Adam“; for tourists: “A Night at the Colosseum in Rome” (until September 30, 2024)

The summer event “White Carrara” until September 29, 2024, brings natural stone design back to the city

It was at the foot of the Apuan Alps after the Second World War, that sculptors and companies started to make everyday products from marble

Congress on solid construction with stone: even as a building material, natural stone retains its beauty and decorative effect

Examples of stone in load-bearing use were shown at the Stone+tec trade fair

POSTAER sandstone from Saxony in Germany, much used during the centuries since Baroque and also recently for the reconstruction of the Dresden Frauenkirche

Does Budri and Patricia Urquiola represent the forces of nature in the current “Geodies” collection?

Primeval crystals are integrated into everyday objects made of geometric onyx or travertine