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In the 16th century, a.D., Ireland’s stonemasons downed 7 l or 14 pints of ale a day
Next to bread, beer was a staple food on the island / women brewed their own and had special drinking rounds
Oolitic limestone probably formed by microbes, not by grains rolling on the seafloor and accumulating layers of sediment
A new study based on mathematical simulation explains how biofilms were mineralized up to 340 million years ago
K. Vikram Rastogi: winning new ground and making Stone popular for India’s stone branch with sculpting festivals
Journalist, educationalist and entrepreneur is an indefatigable proponent of India’s stone branch
Applications for Premio Henraux in white marble still open until March 15, 2018
Entries of yet unrealized ideas should make a topic out of Michelangelo’s first visit to the Monte Altissimo quarries 500 years ago
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
„Scacco Bagno” (Chess Bath) is the title of Cersaie fair’s poster image in this year. It was created by students from the Art Academy in Brera
„Flux“ vault with wide-spanning arches in unexpectedly slim natural stone elements
The New Fundamentals Research Group showed a further development of its limestone vault construction at the Rocalia Trade Fair
Xiamen World Stone Congress: international exchange of ideas and knowledge in the soup bowl above the fairground
The event during the first three days of Xiamen Stone Fair has lectures and debates about architecture, design, markets and products / Exhibition „Stone Infinite“
Kutleh: Jordanian product-design in natural stone
Rula Yaghmour uses waste from local and imported limestone, marble and granite
Discovered in the Eastern Mongolian steppe: monument with 14 stone pillars and a sarcophagus in the middle
Deciphering of the runic inscriptions show that it must have been the tomb of a Yabgu (Viceroy) in the Second Turkic Qaghanate
IMM Cologne sees a trend in marble and promotes a marble bathroom at „Köln möbliert“ (Cologne furnished)
Natural stone is „also en vogue for furniture such as tables, side-tables and living accessories“ according to a press release