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With tests in advance and meticulous quality control throughout building: at Finlandia Hall in Helsinki, the second renovation of the marble façades has begun

The white Lasa Nuvolato marble is now being used, partly as a result of an EU research project

Stone Insight: Experiences from Finlandia Hall in Helsinki: a brief look into how the new testing methods were developed to prevent similar construction disasters with natural stone in the future

FANTASY LUX, a white quartzite with bluish veins – a stone for creative interior designers, from Brazilian Vitoria Stone company

Turkish Marble Trend magazine (#57) discusses the country‘s 2021 natural stone export statistics

A sensitive, even tender bust depicting a young woman on the cusp of maturity, is new in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum

New is also a stone portrait which likely represents a Greek poet, priestess, or benefactor

Postponed: 22nd China Xiamen International Stone Fair, new date to be announced

In the Danish city of Billund, there is a playground called “Play Contract“, where children and adults are supposed to come together around objects made of pink marble

The project in LEGO City aims to encourage generations to play together

The Belgian artist duo Studio DŌ plays in its creations with the two sides of the stones, which are raw block and sculpture

The small block is used to store a piece of jewelry created from the same material

“Gothenburg floor“ as a trademark for the redesign of a shopping center in the Swedish city

Architectural firm Sweco and sculptor Pål Svensson intersperse the granite slabs with spread brass strips containing civic data

Dispute in Sheffield over 37-ton Carrara marble tomb for local bare-knuckle-boxer celebrity

Cemetery officials say bereaved family did not seek permission for monumental site