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Los Angeles LACMA exhibition “Eternal Medium: Seeing the World in Stone“ through February 11, 2024

The show brings together art pieces that utilize the colors, veins and other natural features of stones

Peter’s Corner: at Marmomac, the newfound old solid (massive) construction was on display, namely with native stone as the load-bearing material

Prototypes were presented within the framework of “Marmomac Meets Academies“

WEIBERNER TUFF, light gray and brown volcanic stone from the Eifel mountains near Cologne in Germany, a very light and very porous building material used since ancient times

Incorporating natural stone water features at home can bring both beauty and tranquility into your space, according to a report on the NSI’s UseNaturalStone web page

Collection “Dal Classico“ by Lithea: inspiration from the design fashions that conquered the Mediterranean area from the 8th century BC

Greece was the source of inspiration at that time and Sicily was one of the centers

Put an end to the false Carrara Calacatta or Pierre de Bourgogne, which in reality comes to the EU from quarries abroad or is a fake stone

The EU Parliament has approved with a large majority the Protected Designations of Origin for natural stones / Validity also online

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

An annular solar eclipse was visible above the Americas on October 14, 2023. We added links to Nasa information and to a webpage where “dancing under the eclipsed sun“ was commercially offered

Anping Bridge, not far from Xiamen, dates back to the 12th century and is built entirely of granite

The roadway on thick piers was intended to facilitate the transport of goods to and from a port

VALTURA, a light beige to gray limestone with a timeless appearance, quarried by Croatian company Kamen d.d. Pazin on the Istrian peninsula

The Building Stone magazine (Fall 2023) does a deep dive into sustainability product labels used for building materials such as natural stone and a look at how it compares to manmade materials

Oddities from the world of stones: obelisks have always been challenges for stone sculptors, engineers, and storytellers

The British company Lapicida has now included scaled-down versions in its collections

Call for lectures for the Congress on Monumental Sculpture on February 24, 2024, at Almacelles City in Spain

Artists or art professionals are invited to apply with topics of general interest / Participation fee of 100 €

Sustainability and energy saving also take center stage in household and entertainment devices, durability emerges as a new feature

We visited Europe’s largest consumer electronics trade show, the IFA in Berlin

Marmomac 2023: photo gallery

We show photos of some of the booths and of some product ideas from this year’s Marmomac

The marble façades of the new Perelman Performing Arts Center in Manhattan recreate the theater in many aspects

The building completes the redevelopment of Ground Zero after 9/11