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Stone+tec Congress during the trade fair in Nuremberg (June 22-25, 2022): focus on sustainability in building with natural stone and on the cemetery as a “Space for mourning“

In the virtual showrooms of the second generation, the possibilities of augmented reality will also play a role in the sale of natural stone in the future

The Turkish company Alimoğlu presented the prototype of its “Metaverse“ at the Marble Izmir 2022 trade fair

PIETRA DEL MARE, a bright straw-yellow limestone with a sedimentary matrix often including small fossils, from Italian Grassi Pietre company

In the Chinese province of Zhejiang, 9 former quarries have become a tourist attraction

The spectacular canyons and massive caves are testimony to the industrial culture of past centuries

Cosentino promotes its new Silestone as groundbreaking in sustainability: “Changing the world from the kitchen“

The campaign addresses young people and their parents using the phrasing of Fridays for Future

Stone Stackers features pieces of stone furniture designed in an “extremely instinctive and spontaneous process“

The two designers Shilpa Srinivas and Paolo Ciacci use only waste pieces of natural stone for their new brand

New calendar: Marmomac 2022 (September 27 – 30) will take place midweek from Tuesday to Friday, for the first time

As usual, the show will have a large program presenting ideas for up-to-date or even innovative usage of natural stone in architecture, product design and art

At the 2021 French Prize for Architecture with Natural Stone, buildings in solid construction were awarded

The construction method with small stone blocks is well known in France and is becoming increasingly popular in times of sustainable architecture

CALIZA CAPRI, a cream-white limestone with an elegant snow-like aspect, from Spanish Levantina group

How design principal Hana Ishikawa builds solid history with genuine natural stone (wepage Use Natural Stone by Natural Stone Institute)

Swedes have a soft spot for kitchen countertops made of natural stone and also for exotic types of stone

Surveys by the national stone association show a high level of ecological awareness among consumers and great interest in natural materials

A future competitor for natural stone facade panels: German researchers create solar cells with marble look

Inkjet printing on Perovskite cells can achieve good efficiencies even on façades in awkward places

Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone

Peace for Ukraine: we had published a call for international artists for works commenting on the war in Ukraine started by Russian President Wladimir Putin on February 24, 2022

China brought the natural stone sector worldwide back on track in 2021: the country recorded an increase of +25.7% (by value) in imports compared with the previous year

In terms of exports to the U.S., China even increased by almost +30%

The U.S. government releases new standards for energy conservation in the construction and operation of public buildings, setting the tone for private construction as well

The measures take effect in April 2023