Newsletter Special #3/2017: natural stone architecture
News
German Natural Stone Award (Deutscher Naturstein-Preis) with prizes of 30.000 € in total
Submissions in the German language are allowed to projects from Europe with architects, material, and companies from there
Studio Marco Piva: VIP-lounges for Alitalia in Rome and Milan with an abundance of marble
The aim was to bring Italian lifestyle into passengers’ waiting area and sent it along with guests on their journey
Redesign of Times Square: Granite benches serve not only as seating but also as a place to lean on, from which to enjoy the view, or corner the limelight
Architects at Snøhetta have given the famous Manhattan Square a theatre-set feeling
Salk Institute: an architectural masterpiece with face concrete, teak, and travertine
The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) funded the restoration of the damaged wooden window walls
Pflersch’s fire station designed by Roland Baldi Architekt: Building on hazardous landslide locations
The building with a gabion-façade ducks in the face of the mountain and is blocking the hazard line
Dialogue House in Phoenix, Arizona by Wendell Burnette Architects: a place with a view of landscape and sky
Italian Limestone Avorio Bianco by Grassi Pietre was implemented in the master bathroom