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Blue agate and stainless steel give the Iris Bar in the new Hyatt Regency at Zurich Airport a “luminous and memorable“ image
The counter was designed by Prisma, an Italian company for professional kitchens
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The village of Kaisten on the Swiss Upper Rhine has a branch of the Raiffeisenbank in which natural stone is used effectively and yet modestly
In the customer foyer, a counter stands succinctly in the room like a kitchen island, giving it the expression of intrinsic value and down-to-earthness
“SuperHink“: a new Swiss architectural award for natural stonework (2)
For the first time, the award was presented in the categories of landscape design and architecture by the Pro Naturstein consortium
A granite paving like an “Albanian carpet“ for the redesign of the shore in the village of Shiroka
The architects of the firm Casanova+Hernandez have made the area tangible as a unit with a mosaic in the style of local textile art
Architect Andrea Laudini and Antolini stone company: an interior design for a villa in Treviso where every room becomes a habitat magnificus
Architect Andrea Laudini and Antolini stone company: an interior design for a villa in Treviso where every room becomes a habitat magnificus
A magnificent mosaic in the Lateran Basilica in Rome was the model for the floor in a villa in Ukraine
The Italian company Athena Marmi, located not far from Verona, made the puzzle with different types of marble in many colors and shapes
A complex of 3 trulli in southern Italy has been rebuilt as a modern vacation home with stylish additions
An example of trulli restoration and modernization is “La Cipressa“ in Apulia, southern Italy
Roman stonemasonry at its finest: a villa in the ancient cosmopolitan city of Ephesos displayed marble on its walls up to a height of 6 m
Geoarchaeology Professor Cees Passchier of the University of Mainz, Germany, together with colleagues, has reconstructed the decoration and made some surprising discoveries
Why the Roman stonemasons changed the order of the slabs in the marble bookmatch in a villa in Ephesus
Research by geoarchaeology Professor Cees Passchier of the University of Mainz, Germany, together with colleagues
The mega project Berlin Palace was a special opportunity and challenge for the German natural stone sector
It offered the opportunity not only to present the material exclusively, but also the possibilities of modern machines from 3D scanners to CNC wire saws
In the course of the current trend to upgrade homes, there are also many opportunities for natural stone in the outdoor sector
Fields of action are kitchen, barbecue, patio and porch or mashrabiyas for natural temperature regulation
Spanish Rosal Stones had a life cycle assessment drawn up for its Albamiel limestone and thus landed a hefty order in Paris, 1000 km away
The example shows that investments in product data are worthwhile and that natural stone does not lose its sustainability even when transported over medium distances