News from the Calçada Portuguesa: a book shows art with the individual stones and a film gives a bird’s eye view of the paved squares in Lisbon

The initiative from the Portuguese capital to make the cobblestones a cultural heritage of humanity has made little or no real progress

Accidental discovery: Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe can see through the clouds around Venus

During the flyby, the special camera WISPR captured the thermal image of a dark area hiding the highland Aphrodite Terra

10 international and Turkish stone sculptors may apply for the 2nd Neopolis Sculpture Symposium in Kuşadası south of Izmir, to be held in October 2021

Application deadline is July 16 / Royalty of 2400 US-$ and accommodation, food, transportation paid

Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone

British sculptor Ben Russel has adapted his art to the Corona situation and shows in his latest collection called “Terrariums“ the fungi made of stone under glass domes

The Summit Visitor Center at “America’s Mountain” Pikes Peak is expected to open in early summer

The buildings with a spectacular view at 14,115 feet mimic the pink granite that formed the National Historic Landmark in the Rocky Mountains

Stoneupdate has published the data of the United States’ stone imports and exports in December 2020

The Turkish natural stone associations have been doing everything right in their design competitions lately

The right thing done by IMIB in 2020 was not to award a prize in the category of professional designers, but only honorable mentions

At the 2021 Xiamen Stone Fair, the “Habitat Design & Life Festival“ will be held for the first time

The event will present examples how to make stone an element of modern lifestyle

Showroom for the furniture company Jolor in Shanghai by Atelier tao+c

With terrazzo from top to bottom, the unreal atmosphere of a spaceship was created, in which every piece of furniture is a highlight

Stone Specialist (3/2021): Covid-19 has increased the importance of computer and IT-skills also in working with stone