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Building against climate change: “Renaissance of the almost forgotten natural stone“

At a parliamentary evening in Berlin, representatives from the German construction industry and politics learned about the possibilities of the material

HERMES GREY, a marble with intricate veins in varying shades of grey and white, quarried in Southern China by Decina Industrial Holding

The Swedish Natural Stone Association’s magazine “Sten” (02/2024) presents the marble works that will be presented at the Living Stockholm summer exhibition

62. Salone del Mobile: Photo gallery (1)

We show product ideas from this year‘s furniture fair in Milan (April 15 – 21, 2024) that caught our eye

Visiting stone sights in the Xiamen area and natural and artificial stone companies

The China Stone Material Association (CSMA) organized excursions for architects to the surroundings of the fair city

Nature in an active quarry: Rosal Stones has conducted an inventory of animals and plants in its San Cosme limestone quarry

“Horizontal“ quarrying might have a positive effect

Marmomac 2024 has “Stone takes the stage“ as slogan

The message is that natural stone offers innovative applications in art, architecture, and design

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

Bologna’s leaning Garisenda Tower is showing “anomalous movements“ raising fear that it might collpase. The city has launched an additional program to secure the famous monument and ist neighboring tower

Vildmannen 7 building in Stockholm: after the 2017 fire disaster, the facade shines again in its colorful elegance (1)

We describe the restoration steps of the sandstone ashlars, which stem from boulders, not quarries

Restoration of the Vildmannen 7 building in Stockholm (2): the facade is characterized by the new interpretations of the Tudor style from England fashionable in the late 19th century

“Indian Stone”, a journal by the Federation of the Indian Granite & Stone Industry (FIGSI), has launched its issue Feb-Apr 2024

Xiamen Stone Fair 2024 (2): as many visitors as before the Covid pandemic and a record in terms of exhibition space with two new halls

In its 24th edition, the industry show once again presented itself as a hub for all aspects of the natural stone sector

Saudi Arabia is pursuing a cultural policy in many fields as part of its “Vision 2030“

Modernization not only with spectacular construction projects such as “Neom,“ but also with numerous projects in the arts

New for members of the Natural Stone Institute: Thor Lundh Quarrier Award

The prize will honor people who made an extraordinary contribution to quarrying stone and have furthered the careers of other professionals

Stone+tec fair in Nuremberg (June 19 to 22, 2024) has already reached the size of the event two years before

Around 40 natural stone companies have registered / Congress on stone as a building material, restoration, gravestones / Tile+tec on design with ceramics is included for the first time