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Miscellaneous: ideas all around rock and natural stone
The city of Helsinki has started the renovation of the Finlandia hall, well-known also for its marble facade and interior decoration with natural stone
Application open for the woodcarving symposium in Brienz, Switzerland, from July 09 to 15, 2022
The venue is the quay of Lake Brienz (Brienzersee) / Accommodation fully covered by the organizer, but participants have to pay their travel expenses
The Via Appia from Roman times provides evidence of the excellent eco-balance of natural stone as a surface for paths and squares
The German Natural Stone Association (DNV) has presented a study on external paving, which is also available in English for the worldwide sector to download free of charge
Blue agate and stainless steel give the Iris Bar in the new Hyatt Regency at Zurich Airport a “luminous and memorable“ image
The counter was designed by Prisma, an Italian company for professional kitchens
Product design using natural stone (3): the sector needs to move away from the sculptors’ way of working and move towards design WITH stone
Everyday products FROM stone are in many cases too heavy and therefore sell at best as unique pieces
The South of Greek Naxos island also was an important area for marble quarrying in antiquity
Geoarchaeologist Scott Pike of Willamette University found tucked-away sites where the stone for an Apollo statue on Delos came from
Examples of natural stone in furniture construction could be seen again at the FuoriSalone in Milan
Despite the pandemic, many design ideas were presented outside the Salone del Mobile fair in the city center
The village of Kaisten on the Swiss Upper Rhine has a branch of the Raiffeisenbank in which natural stone is used effectively and yet modestly
In the customer foyer, a counter stands succinctly in the room like a kitchen island, giving it the expression of intrinsic value and down-to-earthness