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“TEXTURES+“ Collection by Antolini with 34 different surfaces created to orient trends and respond to the multiple requirements of architects, stylists, and interior decorators

The EU authorities have new rules on the energy efficiency of buildings in the works, which will bring great potential for renovation in the next 10 years

Residential buildings must achieve energy class D by 2033, non-residential buildings as early as 2030

PIMAR BEIGE, a warm golden-colored limestone quarried in the province of Lecce in the heel of Italy’s boot by Pimar Company

The magazine Turkish Stone World (July/August 2023) has two interviews about sustainability in the mining industry and in the stone sector

Stonemasons will send national teams to the EuroSkills Gdańsk competition from September 05 to 09, 2023, in the Polish harbor city

Visitors have the opportunity to try hands-on job-related skills at the many ‘Try-a-Skill’ demonstrations

The Indian design company Orvi combines valuable materials with craftsmanship

The company has established itself in the market of furnishing items

Following the landslide at Piz Cengalo in 2017, the new protective structures in Bergell in the Swiss Alps are being built according to a pioneering concept

A gentle design is to integrate the dams and walls into the localities and the landscape

French magazine Pierre Actual (06/2023) reports about the annual sculpture symposium “Les Lapidiales“ in Port d’Envaux (17)

For the Milan Design Week 2023, Korea’s Duson Gallery showed works with mother-of-pearl that were middle ground between art and product design

Six international creatives designed side tables realized by master craftsmen in the Asian country

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

Tafoni are created by weathering especially in granites or sandstones, by which the surface of exposed lumps of stone is covered with small cavities

Marmomac 2023 (September 26 – 29): cooperation with Elle Decor lifestyle magazine

In Hall 1 will be held the presentation “A Matter of Stone“ aimed to promote natural stone to architects and designers

Xiamen Stone Fair 2023 (2): photo gallery showing booths and product ideas with natural stone

Xiamen Stone Fair 2023 (1): crowding in the exhibition halls, fewer international exhibitors than before the Covid-19 pandemic, numerous new ideas for products made of natural stone

The NSI’s Building Stone Magazine describes the grandeur of the Moynihan Train Hall at the Pennsylvania Station in NYC (issue Spring 2023)

Andres Amador and his artwork at the beach: creativity in nature to capture balance and inspiration

The artist uses the sand as a canvas for fun, team building or community experiences