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EMERALD GREEN, a quartzite with soft green and gold tones perfect for precious and unique interior design, quarried in the Brazilian state of Bahia by Guidoni Group

Germans have invested a lot of money in natural stone in the home also in the third Covid year (2022)

Consumption increased by a good +14% compared to the previous year (2021) when the total had already risen by +10.6%

“Energy of Harmony“ was the theme of the 4th Tuwaiq Sculpture Symposium 2023 in Riyadh

30 large-scale granite sculptures were created during 26 days in February by 30 artists from 20 countries worldwide and from Saudi Arabia

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

The Fulong Sand Art Festival is an annual event held in Taiwan. In 2023, some artists dedicated their works to the Disney100 anniversary

California has put on the agenda the tightening of safeguards on Engineered Stone production and processing

Topics are respiratory protection and wet processing, that are also important for natural stone

Tripun Bokanić Awards for natural stone 2023 awarded in Croatia

The initiator is the stonemasonry school Klesarska Škola on the limestone island of Brač together with the Oris House of Architecture in Zagreb

PIMAR WHITE limestone, an elegant and sober material, minimal and modern in its natural purity, quarried in the province of Lecce by Pimar Company

Milan’s Salone del Mobile has launched the first issue of its „Letter From…“ series, with a report about the Park Associati architectural studio

Gemeg’s redesigned showroom in Carrara: white marble only behind the windows of the container-like building

The facade by architect Victor Vasilev is reminiscent of modernism and bears artificial materials

Nilhan Sesalan presents in her works her thoughts together with all associations around them

Abstraction plays a central role, and so it is not easy to understand her works

SuperHink Natural Stone Award 2023 of the Swiss Association Pro Naturstein: Photo gallery

The prize was awarded for the 2nd time and honors the outstanding use of stone in architecture and landscaping by Swiss companies

Heatwave with over 44 degrees C (111 F) around the Mediterranean: in the stone companies of Turkey, Spain and Greece, saving water is part of everyday life even in normal weather

Recycling of consumption water and rainwater harvesting are key issues

Large-format crust slabs of Rorschach sandstone as privacy screens

At the Swiss SuperHink Prize 2023, a work by Stefan Marti Garten AG was awarded 1st prize in the category of garden and landscape architecture

Marble BARDIGLIAO APUANO, a dark gray stone with impressive fine light-gray and white veining, quarried in the Apuan Alps near Seravezza

Solid construction with stone: almost 1,900 m3 of French natural stone were used in the Échoppes Bastide residential complex in Bordeaux (Pierre Actual #1028)