Newsletter #269
News
Peter’s Corner: Italy’s natural stone exports declined by (-)5.3% in 2019 after value for the 4th year in succession and that is also the repercussion of persistent marketing failures
The country’s stone sector presents itself with Haute Couture alone – the Prêt-à-Porter is completely missing and left over to the competitors
In the US, private demand for natural stone seems to have increased in the last months
In its newsletter, the Natural Stone Institute (NSI) states that “the average homeowner has decided to put their money to work in their own backyard”
Lucien Arkas Art Gallery not far from Izmir: despite natural stone not a monolith, but an open building
The architects of Artı3 Mimarlık wanted to respect the residential buildings and the natural landscape around them
Penthouse on Spain’s Costa del Sol: The stairs and a wall as “sculptural elements” to divide the space
The designers of Fran Silvestre Arquitectos have made the marble optically very light and avoid monoliths dominating the picture
EMIB President Mevlüt Kaya: “Towards added value through design, but still no renunciation of block exports, because otherwise that market will be lost to Iran”
The online issue of Turkish Stone World magazine also mentions the slump in exports from January to June 2020
In the case of the new type of wooden bridge by Aachen University of Applied Sciences, the stone slabs on the carriageway also provide rain protection for the load-bearing beams
The construction thus achieves a long service life and, due to the natural building materials, the best CO2 results
Riluc is a Portuguese manufacturer of design furniture, sometimes using natural stone
The company comes from the metalworking industry and focuses on stainless steel with various coatings
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
Italian Salvatori Company has a large collection of so-called „Home Accessoires”, items made of stone which have a household function and also serve for decoration