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At the Rocalia fair in Lyon, France, dry stone walling experts and artists once again showed what can be done with stone without any mortar at all

The artwork “De Rebus Naturae“ plays with geometry, references to Ancient Egypt and the ancient philosophers Epicurus and Lucretius

Why use natural stone in architecture? French natural stone fair Rocalia has collected good arguments (French)

Michelle Byrne transfers maps of cities or contour lines of landscapes onto large stones

The Irish artist recreates moments from the past to give an idea of how we have changed the world

Italian Salvatori company’s “Stone Parquet” adapts the well-known wooden flooring to marbles, limestones and travertines

The tiles can have a staggered pattern or a herringbone effect

EU taxonomy: in the future, all (construction) projects, products and services are to have precise descriptions of their sustainability

The Commission in Brussels is starting with the financial sector to get the transformation of the European economy to climate neutrality on track

ZEBRINO DOLOMITE, a white marble from Marmara Island, from Turkish Dereli company

2nd edition of the Turkish natural stone design competition “Amorf“: again, the target were items for use in everyday life and with opportunities for sale

The interior design trends 2022 stand „against all odds“, IMM Cologne furniture fair claims in its online magazine

Winter Olympics 2022 in Beijing: unlike in the summer of 2008, no jade in the winners‘ medals

This time there is only a symbolic reference to the history and culture of the country through the neolithic “yu bi“ discs

Miscellaneous: ideas all around natural stone

During the volcano eruption on the Pacific island of Tonga on January 15, 2022, there were violent flashes for hours at the lower edge of the ash cloud

Rock art (petroglyphs) in the Great Basin in the western USA have been carved into the stone for 12,000 years and continuously renewed

Max-Planck researchers from Germany have dated the artworks with a non-destructive analysis of the “rock varnish“

Egyptian sculptress Mariam Radwan works with many materials besides stone, constantly rediscovering the nature around her

A while ago, she even participated in a symposium for sculpting with snow and ice at -270 C throughout

COASTAL GRAY, a new limestone with an appearance if polished like marble or onyx from Turkish Silkarstone company

The Natural Stone Institute‘s Stone of the Year 2022 is the Olympian White Danby marble from US-company Vermont Quarries

Is China’s reticence from markets in the West the main reason why all major natural stone exporting countries achieved an increase of over 25% in 2021 compared to the previous year?