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Architecture with natural stone»
- Chelsea Flower Show: Commemorating D-Day and a myriad of interesting landscaping ideas with natural stone
- The new James-Simon-Galerie in Berlin is a treasure for the Museum Island and shines throughout the City
Design with natural stone»
- Interior designer Elisabetta de Strobel presents the lamp „Deep Red“ made of Verona Red marble
- For its second collection Marsotto LAB again cooperated with Lausanne’s ECAL School of Fine Art
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Project „Life in Quarries“: give endangered species living space in active quarries
- „One Million Grams of Granite“: Austrian stonemasons busy themselves with artistic inspiration for one ton of local stone
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- New trade fair: Obra Blanca Expo (OE Expo) for stones and tiles in Mexico City from October 15 to 17, 2019
- „Young Creative Ideas Platform” – second appearance at the Marble Trade Fair Izmir
Stone Stories»
- Man lands on the moon 50 years ago: a place of longing but on the other hand perhaps a dangerous extraterrestrial site
- Earthquakes along the Dead Sea Rift may cause tsunamis threatening the coasts of the Gulf of Eilat-Aqaba
Art: Sculpting with Marble etc»
- Stone mosaics for the soul by US artist Nick Gilbert
- Spanish A.R. Los Huertos company: contest for sculptures made of recycled construction materials
Briefly noted»
Briefly noted
Simulating meteorite impacts in the lab
Scientists monitor the response of feldspar minerals to rapid compression
Only a short flash: scientists film an impact of a meteorite on the moon during the eclipse in January 2019
The space rock with a mass of 45 kg and 30 to 60 cm in diameter hit the moon at 61,000 kilometers an hour
EU calls for applications for a new pilot project mapping Jewish Cemeteries in Europe
Budget of 1.05 million € for 18 months / The work of the European Jewish Cemeteries Initiatiative shall be complemented
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
Only a small path with precipices of several 100 m on both sides leads to the Altenalp Türm summit in the Swiss Alps
„Turner. The Sea and the Alps“ in the Kunstmuseum Lucerne, Switzerland until October 13, 2019
The British painter is one of the first to depict the Swiss mountains and lakes / Travel nerves for high altitudes
„Upcycling“ of broken stone tools was a stone-age-behavior to get special utensils for precision and accuracy tasks
Finds in the Qesem Cave near Tel Aviv show that people 400,000 years ago had a sophisticated toolkit
The „Well of Eternity“ – the center of an eternal resting place
Stonemason and engineer Timothy Vincent developed an innovative concept for modern burials
„Chisel and Memory. The contribution of marble craftsmanship to the restoration of the Acropolis monuments“
The photo exhibition in the Acropolis Museum in Athens pays a tribute to stonemasons’ role in safeguarding the antique treasures
Italian Confindustria Marmomacchine is preparing an „International Stone Network” as supranational community
General assembly with more than 170 delegates in Milan / Business statistics: „Slight slowdown compared to the record levels of previous years”
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
Norwegian block producer Lundhs has started an online shop where it sells design objects created with its Larvikite-stones
