Architecture news / Archive»
- Call for architects to develop ideas about “Living Upon the Play”
- Swedish textile patterns as mosaic pavement on the Hagatorget in Karlstad
Design news / Archive»
- Is the table lamp “Kryptal” a volcano that serves as a launch pad for a rocket?
- The US-Chinese company Mikol uses thin stone to produce accessories for the special marble lifestyle
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Also in Brazil, the corona lockdown seems to bring about a greater citizens’ appreciation for their homes
- Consumption by US citizens fell significantly in the second quarter of 2020
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- Initiators from Italy are planning a new fair called “Stone America” co-located with the KBIS in Orlando and simultaneously from February 09 to 11, 2021
- Xiamen Stone Fair postponed to 2021
Stone Stories»
- Above the US, this year’s Perseid meteor shower will have its peak in the night from August 11 to 12, in the pre-morning hours
- Plato’s cubes, California coast’s surface sinking, the Faroe Bank Channel Overflow in the deep North Atlantic, and the last ice age
Art news / Archive»
- James Brunt: Land-Art with wonderful geometries from small elements of nature such as leaves, sticks and stones
- Exhibition „En Passant“ about the influence of impressionism on the art of sculpting
Briefly noted»
Natural Stone Institute Announces 2020 Tucker Design Award Winners
Honored in the biennial competition are members of the architecture and design community who exhibit innovation and excellence in the use of natural stone / Bybee Prize
Germany’s largest ever stony meteorite identified in Blaubeuren in the South of the country
A stonemason from Swabia with his diamond saw was needed to cut the celestial body
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
US-company Grasshopper Geography edits maps in color and produces great murals, like our picture showing the big rivers of Brazil
Enhanced weathering of milled rocks could indeed remove CO2 from the atmosphere – but there are limits to the feasibility
Research shows that the procedure could only be a small contribution and would require strong pricing of greenhouse gas emissions
“Stone House” on the island of Menorca: façade with a charming contrast of external plaster and limestone
The architects of Nomo Studio wanted to integrate the building into the landscape but at the same time show that it is new
Finally: GaLaBau in Nuremberg only again in 2022, September 14 to 17
In 2020 there will also be no alternative format with virtual parts / Only the Landscape Gardeners Cup will be held on September 17 and 18
Groundbreaking ideas for architecture with natural stone: exhibition „The New Stone Age” in London re-opened until August 28, 2020
Shown are concepts from all over Europe that show the versatility and modernity of the “‘great forgotten material of our time”
At the stone fair in Vitoria the exhibition “Brazilian Stones Original Design” was shown once again
The aim of the presentation of artistic objects was to demonstrate the beauty and diversity of the country’s stones and to find new uses for the material
Restless Earth: scientists find out that the Eifel volcanic region in Germany remains seismically active
There is no danger, but measurements show an uplift and stretching in the ground / Until now it was believed that volcanism there was a thing of the past
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