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Visiting stone sights in the Xiamen area and natural and artificial stone companies
The China Stone Material Association (CSMA) organized excursions for architects to the surroundings of the fair city
Stone Stories
Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock
Bologna’s leaning Garisenda Tower is showing “anomalous movements“ raising fear that it might collpase. The city has launched an additional program to secure the famous monument and ist neighboring tower
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
The natural stone sector can contribute to sustainability in tourism with its building and decorative materials
Topics such as resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions were discussed at the ITB tourism fair in Berlin
Natural stone worldwide: how stone and sport come together and what stonemasons and creatives have made of the subject
In our overview article, we have once again collected all kinds of curiosities
Walls or piles of fieldstones (drystones) are being restored in many places
They provide habitats for animals and plants and are evidence of rural culture / Examples from Switzerland and the New England states
Stone people: “Courage and Progress immortalized in natural stone“ by the Italian immigrants who came to Brazil 150 years ago
On February 21, 1874, the sailing ship “La Sofia” arrived at the Port of Vitória in Brazil
News about the rock eyes of the marine chiton Acanthopleura granulata
The small animals have lenses made of aragonite and can probably detect the appearance of predators through changes in brightness
Stone age artists carved detailed human and animal tracks in rock art in Namibia
Indigenous trackers could identify the prints’ species, sex and age for 90% of analyzed engravings
Anping Bridge, not far from Xiamen, dates back to the 12th century and is built entirely of granite
The roadway on thick piers was intended to facilitate the transport of goods to and from a port
Oddities from the world of stones: obelisks have always been challenges for stone sculptors, engineers, and storytellers
The British company Lapicida has now included scaled-down versions in its collections
New in the list of Heritage Stones: Rochlitz porphyry tuff
The red rock from Germany originates from a supervolcano and can be found on numerous buildings