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From our archive: Competition “Old stones – new soul“: gravestones reclaimed

From our archive: Competition “Old stones – new soul“: gravestones reclaimed

In a project for the federal horticulture show (BuGa) 2023, the German Stonemasons’ Association showed examples of upcycling stone

From our archive: Budri at the Salone del Mobile 2019: natural Stone not known in nature

From our archive: Budri at the Salone del Mobile 2019: natural Stone not known in nature

At Milan’s Trade Fair, Italian Company Budri together with designer Gwenael Nicolas presented the entire gamut of possibilities for stone inlays

Love, prosperity, happyness, and – above all – peace for 2026

Love, prosperity, happyness, and – above all – peace for 2026

From our archive: ancient lettering in stone

From our archive: ancient lettering in stone

On the Croatian Isle of Krk, a pathway is reminiscent of the Glagolitic alphabet

Michael Taylor Architecture + Design uses drill cores for a wall in the office of Canadian mining company Agnico-Eagle

Michael Taylor Architecture + Design uses drill cores for a wall in the office of Canadian mining company Agnico-Eagle

„Allusion to raw materials” is the motto

The Stone Demonstrator in central London serves as a prototype for solid construction using natural stone with prestressed elements, small blocks, and stone bricks

The Stone Demonstrator in central London serves as a prototype for solid construction using natural stone with prestressed elements, small blocks, and stone bricks

The prototype will be on display until the end of 2026. It may then travel to another location

TITANIUM granite, an exótic stone expressing the power of Earth and the creativity of nature, quarried by Ingá Granitos do Nordeste in Northeastern Brazil

TITANIUM granite, an exótic stone expressing the power of Earth and the creativity of nature, quarried by Ingá Granitos do Nordeste in Northeastern Brazil

Research on the tomb of Emperor Otto I: The marble for the slab comes from quarries on the island of Marmara (Prokonnesos), not from Italy or Greece

Research on the tomb of Emperor Otto I: The marble for the slab comes from quarries on the island of Marmara (Prokonnesos), not from Italy or Greece

In the confusion surrounding ancient spolia, i.e., the reuse of special pieces, specialists from Vienna and Bochum were able to clarify one detail

For the “Walls & Floors” collection, Monitillo 1980 collaborated with internationally renowned architects who designed the marble and travertine tiles

For the “Walls & Floors” collection, Monitillo 1980 collaborated with internationally renowned architects who designed the marble and travertine tiles

At the underwater museum “Casa dei Pesci“ (House of Fish) off the coast of Tuscany, marble sculptures draw attention to the exploitation of the oceans

At the underwater museum “Casa dei Pesci“ (House of Fish) off the coast of Tuscany, marble sculptures draw attention to the exploitation of the oceans

Illegal trawling nets and octopus traps are stripping the seabed bare and tearing out the seagrass