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Stone Stories

Natural stone for starfish and sea snails

Natural stone for starfish and sea snails

Greenpeace reconstructs a stone reef on the German North Sea coast with boulders

Stone Stories: Behind the facade

Stone Stories: Behind the facade

(December 2011) The unlikely story of the singularly, possibly most expensive, stone wall made of cheap material – and wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year

Stone Stories: From infinity to worldly time pieces

Stone Stories: From infinity to worldly time pieces

(October 2011) Swiss producer of luxury watches uses meteorite stone and fossilized objects

9/11 memorial: The absence of victims experienced

9/11 memorial: The absence of victims experienced

The 9/11-memorial lets water fall into dark stone crevices

Heavy-weight granite table for tiny surface structures

Heavy-weight granite table for tiny surface structures

The Swiss research institute Empa produces nano surface structures using the properties of natural stone

Stone Stories: Yeast cultures in pulverized granite

Stone Stories: Yeast cultures in pulverized granite

(August 2011) Granicium is the name of a new composite stone developed in Germany formable like ceramics

Stone Stories: IF Design publishes nonsense on natural stone

Stone Stories: IF Design publishes nonsense on natural stone

(July 2011) A webpage by the prominent Design-Institution claims that cinder block concrete has a better ecolifecycle

Marble for miniature floors

Marble for miniature floors

Royal wedding in England: a glance in Queen Mary’s Dolls’ house and Westminster Abbey

Ancient lettering in stone

Ancient lettering in stone

On the Croatian Isle of Krk, a pathway is reminiscent of the Glagolitic alphabet

Restoration of the Vildmannen 7 building in Stockholm (2): the facade is characterized by the new interpretations of the Tudor style from England fashionable in the late 19th century

Restoration of the Vildmannen 7 building in Stockholm (2): the facade is characterized by the new interpretations of the Tudor style from England fashionable in the late 19th century

Vildmannen 7 building in Stockholm: after the 2017 fire disaster, the facade shines again in its colorful elegance (1)

Vildmannen 7 building in Stockholm: after the 2017 fire disaster, the facade shines again in its colorful elegance (1)

We describe the restoration steps of the sandstone ashlars, which stem from boulders, not quarries

Stone Stories: „Not all changes can be attained overnight“

Stone Stories: „Not all changes can be attained overnight“

Efforts to improve working conditions in India’s and China’s stone industries

Design: Goooooooooooal

Design: Goooooooooooal

In Germany’s city of Dortmund the local soccer club Borussia has commissioned a Walk of Fame with plaques in granite

The scientists in the European-funded project Quarry Scapes intend to save abandoned stone extraction sites as witnesses to human trade and civilization

The scientists in the European-funded project Quarry Scapes intend to save abandoned stone extraction sites as witnesses to human trade and civilization

Stone Stories: Geology, Technology and Art

Stone Stories: Geology, Technology and Art

(June 2010) Turkish vocational school specializing in natural stone is offering general studies