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Best of 2016: Architecture with natural stone
The editors of Stone-Ideas.com have compiled articles and reports with the most clicks in 2016
MIA+BSI Pinnacle Awards: projects with stone that stand above the rest
Grande Pinnacle Award for The Minnesota State Capitol exterior stone restoration which may be the largest and most complex restoration project the US has ever seen
Folklore from Hungary to Africa on furniture pieces made of Caesarstone
The Engineered Stone producer cooperated with Jaime Hayon to create experimental design
Briefly noted
The province of Ceará is becoming a new natural stone center in Brazil. 2016 saw an increase in exports by 40% (starting on a low level)
Hydraulically driven shutters with a natural stone cladding
Backraum Studio came up with a unique idea for a private dwelling on the banks of Austria’s Attersee
China: „Since 2011, in Fujian province around 1000 quarries and some 2000 factories were closed down“
Authorities have taken serious measures to modernize the country’s stone sector, CSMIA-association informs
Premio Henraux: whalebones, an inflatable dinghy and a wave
Fondazione Henraux’s Award distinguishes out of the ordinary works in marble
Marble mosaic 2.0
In „Hyperarchaic tectonics”, Emedya Design and Akdo stone company, both from Turkey and engineers from London-based Adams Kara Taylor II combine Islamic art with modern technology
Intermac engaged in ubiquitous information-research for stone processing
Augmented Reality can cut manufacturing costs for machinery / stone product 4.0: a package containing material, production and communication
Pirgon-Marble: natural stone invokes mind-leaping and makes one stop and think
The Greek Stone Group International (SGI) is running an unusual marketing concept for its Pirgon marble