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The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden State Art Collections, SKD) has the exhibition “Hercules – Hero and Anti-Hero” showing the demigod – with his perhuman strength and all his human flaws, until June 28, 2026

The restoration of Big Ben took one of the Royal Institute of British Architects’ RIBA London Awards 2025

The clock tower represents Great Britain as a political world power, a leading industrial nation, and a democracy

26th Xiamen Stone Fair 2026 (March 16–20): in eight country pavilions, numerous exhibitors, many of them for the first time, will present themselves and their stones to the buyers from all over the world

We leave no stone unturned

“Cuore Olimpico” (Olympic Heart) made of marble in Milan for the Winter Games in Italy; Brazil’s stone sector had 2025 as the best year ever in terms of exports; Unesco: December 11 will be celebrated as International Mountain Day (IMD); Video of the month: the Canadian parliament building in Ottawa has been undergoing restoration

Live Stream on January 14, 2026: Jim Hieb from NSI to Testify in Washington DC on Silica Related Lawsuits

“Lente“ and “Strobilo“ are two lamps by the design studio Migliore+Servetto for the Italian brand Neutra

As is typical for Neutra, the pieces can be customized to buyer specifications, and numerous exclusive marble varieties are available

Stone Bricks – New Building Elements with Enormous Potential for Climate Protection, Creative Architecture, and the Natural Stone Sector

The British Stone Federation explored the perspectives at its “Stone Symposium”

Marble BLANC WEAVE, evoking the luxurious visual effect of shimmering water, quarried by Stonewhite company in Sichuan province, southwest China

A new console basin for antoniolupi‘s “Nabatei“ collection: “A form that appears suspended in space s a result of an encounter between pure lines and refined proportions“

The Salone del Mobile.Milan 2026 (April 21 – 26) has materials and their messages as its new motto

The campaign is part of the fair’s search for the meaning of contemporary design in a world of change and uncertainties