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The title „A spectacular place“ best describes the Darvaz Crater in Turkmenistan, also known as „door to hell“
Austrian stonemasons‘ design award for innovative design ideas in natural stone indoors and out
The title alone is the reward which the shop is entitled to use for its own advertising for the duration of one year
3. Transylvania Stone Expo from May 25 – 27, 2017 in the city of Cluj-Napoca in Romania
Organizer is the regional Stonemasons’ Association APTRA
A computer selects the tesserae and composes them to a pixel-mosaic
Iberian Atarés Company combines several processes to create a new technology for natural stone mosaics
Saddle-shaped „Hyparwall”-Elements for walls, towers and façades
Implementation for small stone-meal blocks with ingredients
Materials implemented are black marble, brass, leather, and raffia
Spanish designers of Masquespacio Agency have created a new lamp for Raco
Johannes M. Semmler is the new managing director of Vereinigte Marmorwerke Kaldorf (VM Kaldorf – Kaldorf United Marble)
Semmler is poised to serve markets in North America and the Middle East even more effectively in future
Lego pieces in Engineered Stone that can be stacked and assembled to form different shapes, from trees to houses
At Design Shanghai, Caesarstone presented Superhouse installation by Producks design studio
Marketing: Using emotions to make natural stone stand out among the competing materials
„Selling Stones With Emotions“ was one of the major themes at this year’s World Stone Congress in Xiamen 2017
Stone conservation field school at the Sainte-Marie among the Hurons National Historic Site, Canada
Willowbank offers a three-weeks course in June 2017 with focus on the conservation of a 1639 stone fireplace remains, the earliest European masonry located in Ontario