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Piódão is the name of a Portuguese village, famous for its slate houses. Some 70 citizens care for the architecture
Leading stone companies from Spain and Greece use Head Mounted Displays to bring the quarry to the customer, instead of vice versa
Presentation for the first time at Marmomac
Chelsea Flower Show: multiple award-winning M&G Garden emulates an abandoned Maltese quarry
With the aid of indigenous Maltese limestone and plants, landscape artists show how nature is reclaiming a habitat
Trade analysis „Stone Sector 2017“ by IMM Carrara: no more available for free, but with a new valuable section about high-growth markets
The report is developing a new profile also promoting technical innovation from companies
Salvatori and Michael Anastassiades: volcanos in Basaltina stone
Italian company known for its unusual ideas has brought new product design and furniture objects to the market
Alasdair Thomson: marble textile on a hanger
Scottish artist deceives the beholder with natural stone and other material
Brazilian Natural Stone Design: students create rings, pendants, and earrings made of Pedra Cariri waste
Limestone is a traditional building material in the Province of Ceará but made a new début at the Fortaleza Stone Fair
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
Banded iron ore reveals how the Earth’s atmosphere was transformed into an environment with oxygen
When single-celled organisms started photosynthesis about 3 billion years ago, doors opened for today’s life
Crystalline silica in stonemasons’ workshops is a major issue in many countries
In part the issue involves quartz composite materials in particular, and in part general labor protection is the topic of interest