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A United States Geological Survey webpage gives details on the Kahramanmaraş Earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on February 06, 2023, with a magnitude of around 7.5

MICHELANGELO NUVOLATO®️, a white marble with golden veins, from Brazilian company Michelangelo, located in the Southern state of Paraná

Ernesto Matos: the 1998 World Exhibition in Lisbon as a playground for new ideas on Calçada Portuguesa (Portuguese Paving)

Geometric porcelain stoneware by Casalgrande Padana

The pentagons in three shades of grey allow many design variants for the Experimenta Science Centre’s floor in Heilbronn, Germany

The German company Bamberger Natursteinwerk has developed a collection of charging stations for e-cars

The prototypes are made of granite, and there is little or no waste during production

Rugby training center in the south of France (Pôle de Rugby du Grand Pic Saint Loup) made of solid (massive) natural stone: an expression of “strength, durability, timelessness and noblesse“

Limestone PIŃCZÓW, a beige stone with exceptional features, quarried in Western Poland by Marmur-Plytki company

Wood is not the only ecological material, writes Claude Gargi in the editorial of Pierre Actual magazine (April 2023). He strongly criticizes France’s President Emmanuel Macron

Bulgarian sculptor Rafail Georgiev creates monumental sculptures with a playful element

In his works he deals with the “relationship between man as logos (rationality) and nature as chaos (irrationality)“

Notre-Dame de Paris was the first building of its kind in which the builders relied on iron reinforcements throughout the structure

Several thousand metal staples were used to bind the stones together

On the “Travel Stones“ portal of the Focus Terra initiative at ETH Zürich, one can place information about geological finds from the wayside or from the field

The architects of Karavan Landskapsarkitekter have transformed the pedestrian zone in Uppsala, Sweden, into a place to linger lined with a stone pavement

The pattern of granite ashlars creates an air of turbulence so pedestrians will notice without walking past

MAULBRONNER sandstone with impressing red hues from bordeaux to ruby, quarried in Germany near Stuttgart by Lauster Steinbau

At the “Gate of the Exonerated“ at Central Park, a message is carved in stone

The name of the entrance is a reminder of a miscarriage of justice and of prejudice by the press

Stonemasonry winners in the “The Good Form” and “Professionals Perform“ craftsmanship-competitions were announced in Germany

Marks are given for creativity and skill at work or for professional working under time pressure, respectively