Architecture news / Archive»
- Vivienda CM in Buenos Aires: travertine for the exterior walls and roof of a residential building
- The lobby of Arizona State University’s Washington Center is adorned with desert sandstone worked with CNC-cuts and sandblasting
Design news / Archive»
- Luxury design for the elevator cabin: various features against Coronavirus contagion of passengers, light shapes the box, natural stone or full-size monitors for the walls
- Salvatori shows its novelties 2020 only in the media – even without the furniture fair in Milan and Design Week
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Italian Biesse Group has published the 3. edition of its Sustainability Report
- In the BioProMarL project, researchers hope to give the stone surfaces new properties, modelled on the lotus effect
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- Middle East Stone and The Big 5 in Dubai postponed to next year (2021) September 12 – 15
- Message from Xiamen Stone Fair as the Covid-19 virus is spreading in some regions in the Americas, Africa, and India: “We care much about you”
Stone Stories»
Art news / Archive»
- Application open until October 01, 2020: 10 to 15 grants for artists from or living in the Arab world, and/or engaged with the Arab world
- For young emerging Tunesian artists: the Rambourg Foundation Prize for Contemporary Art (submissions postponed to July 15, 2020)
Briefly noted»
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs
Poznan Stone Fair (November 14 – 17, 2018): „Arena” as a new forum for design, mosaic art, and architecture
The fair in the Polish industrial city will have a new platform for lectures to give visitors and exhibitors a value added
53rd Marmomac: „focus on Miami“, a network of marble ambassadors and web portals for architects and designers
Veronafiere is enhancing its role as promoter of the Made in Italy
„Young Creative Ideas Platform” at the Marble Trade Fair, Izmir
Ideas for household items by creative young designers from Turkey made of local natural stone are on display
Interview with Beate Fischer, Nuremberg Trade Fair: „Stone+tec is the market and meeting place for Europe’s stone branch“
The show aims to propagate novel concepts for cemeteries and new fields of work for interior designers, among many other topics
Izmir Marble Trade Fair 2018: The Turkish stone branch has overcome last year’s challenges
Aside from the focus on block stone exports, a few companies have established a reputation as „beacons“ for new ideas
Marble trade fair in Izmir 2018: rediscovering the treasures of geometry
A handful of Turkish companies showed façade claddings beyond the boring rectangles which have been dominating the architectural style since the 1960ies
Marmomac 2018: Wellness & Hospitality will be the topic of the Italian Stone Theatre in Hall 1
Designer Raffaello Galiotto and architect Vincenzo Pavan show furnishings, accessories and architectural ideas bringing water and stone together
In its 2020 edition, Xiamen Stone Fair will expand by two halls
The Xiamen-Feeling is gaining form, shaped in part by the World Stone Congress, the opening Banquet and Lundhs Soccer Cup
„Archistone“ trade fair from November 13 to 16, 2018 in Madrid replaces former „Piedra“
The new show will be held under the auspices of ePower&Building, an umbrella event for the whole building sector
Trade fair Marble in Izmir: number of blocks presented will rise from 986 in 2017 to nearly 1500 this year
1250 trucks will be needed to transport the blocks from quarries all over Turkey to Izmir fairground
