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X’baatún, a long forgotten but well-preserved Maya site in Tekal de Venegas, Yucatán, reveals its secrets

An initiative of researchers from Spain and Mexico has advanced in the mapping of the core area of the site, with the registration of between 35 and 40 structures

Swedish Natural Stone Prize 2024: Crust slabs from the quarry for a façade in Stockholm

The cladding on the ground floor contrasts with the colorfully plastered floors above

Sam Arcot (Rugo Stone) has been selected to join the NSI‘s executive committee as board secretary

Sustainability was the big topic in the lectures at the BAU trade fair in Munich, but natural stone was hardly mentioned

The trends of the future are building materials with a low carbon footprint, building with modules and continuing to build

Restored: “Madre Terra,“ a section of the magnificent inlaid floor of the Baptistery in the Florence Cathedral

The spectacular “stone carpet” depicts fantastic animals in white and green marble

Coverings 2025 (April 29 – May 02): Conference Education Announced

The North American showcase of natural stone and ceramic tiles will take place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida

Solid construction with natural stone at ETH Zurich: experiments and visions from students of architecture professor Elli Mosayebi

The Pro Naturstein Association supported the project entitled “Ticino Permanente“ with the material’s durability in the focus

In German concentration camps quarries were used for annihilation

Under Nazi-rule the German SS entertained its own building supplies trade

CIPOLLINO CLASSICO, a marble with a wild mixture of green and white surface areas and larger white knots, quarried in the Apuan mountains near Stazzema municipality

In the Finistère department on France’s Atlantic coast, abandoned quarries are intended to help secure the drinking water supply

France’s Geological Service BRGM has investigated the potential and special features