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Design: glowing stone
(June 2008) German company develops outdoor-lighting made of alternating plates of mineral-glass and granite
Admonishing words on the wall of the Newseum
The marble wall on the front façade of the new news-museum in Washington DC is a beacon highlighting the U.S. Contitution’s First Amendment
2008 mm-diameter soccerball for the European Champions Cup 2008
Austrian master stonemason Helmut Moser builds a soccerball made of stone
Scotch-hopping to your heart’s content
A group of city-planners are designing streets with integrated hopscotch-patterns for children to play
Architecture: Riprap-Library
(May 2008) Using gabions, young Columbian artists are errecting a low-cost public building
70 t Granite Seed
Peter Randall-Page’s latest work is a gargantuan granite sculpture
Design: Stone table-top with extension mechanism
(May 2008) Swivel-mechnism, by which the table’s extention-element can be lifted and swung into place
Design: Yo-Yo-shaped sink
(May 2008) Luca Scacchetti’s unusual bathroom-fixture is a sink designed for Rapsel and made of portuguese limestone
Fairs: two shows in Poland competing directly
(May 2008) New trade-fair in Poznan „Glass and stone“ will take place one week after the traditional „Kamien“ in Wroclaw
Fairs: Visiting guests Moneo and Chipperfield
(April 2008) Two famous architects will be attending this year’s congress on Natural Stone in Architecture