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The winners of the German stonemasons’ competitions “Die Gute Form“ (The Good Form) and “German Craft Skills“ 2023 have been announced

Creativity, design, and skill are honored every year

Olena Dodatko cultivates monumental forms with great impact despite minimalist representation

The Ukrainian-born sculptor loves it when her sculptures are placed in public spaces

U.S. government takes steps to impose a National Definition for Zero Emissions Buildings

The aim is to reduce energy consumption and foster the use of clean energy

7th edition of the French prize for architecture with natural stone (2023): from building with small blocks to dry stone walls, the entire spectrum of solid construction was explored

ALGA GREEN, a quartzite with endless hues of nature’s color of life, quarried by Vitória Stone company from Brazil

22.02.2022 – 22.02.2024: two years of war in Ukraine

Registration for the European Stone Festival 2024 in Budapest is open until March 31

Stonemasons and stone sculptors from numerous countries meet on the banks of the Danube in front of the Parliament Building

Kreoo, the design brand of the Italian company Decormarmi: green marble varieties make the objects for interior design special eye-catchers

The effect ranges from the abundance of the rainforest to the awakening of nature in spring

Stone people: “Courage and Progress immortalized in natural stone“ by the Italian immigrants who came to Brazil 150 years ago

On February 21, 1874, the sailing ship “La Sofia” arrived at the Port of Vitória in Brazil

Archiplein and Perraudin Architectes build a major project in solid stone in a Geneva suburb

The aim was to reduce the ecological footprint of the buildings and ensure earthquake safety

Marble ROSA PORTUGAL, one of the country’s best-known stones, under the name of Estremoz Marble included in the list of Geoheritage Stones

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

Video of the month: the safety instructions on board airplanes are usually a boring routine. Egypt Air, however, presents the rules as icons on stone pillars from the time of the pyramids

“What are the costs to France of importing natural stone?“ asks a study by the French stone association

The SNROC association presented a typically French perspective on the sustainability subject at the Rocalia trade fair in December 2023

For a family burial chapel in a castle park in Styria, Austria, the architects at Berger+Parkkinen were guided entirely by the old stone in the grounds

Swedish magazine „Sten“ (01/2024) reports about sculptor Anna-Malin Andersson who makes stone replicas of the country’s