The renovation of the Arkadenhof of the Vienna City Hall was awarded one of the Austrian stonemasons’ monument prizes
The play of colours of the natural stones on the facades was made visible again and a variety of ornaments and figures were renovated
Architecture news / Archive»
- Vivienda CM in Buenos Aires: travertine for the exterior walls and roof of a residential building
- The lobby of Arizona State University’s Washington Center is adorned with desert sandstone worked with CNC-cuts and sandblasting
Design news / Archive»
- Salvatori shows its novelties 2020 only in the media – even without the furniture fair in Milan and Design Week
- “Fractile” from ceramic-company Casalgrande Padana and architect Daniel Libeskind: playing with geometry and glazed surfaces
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Italian Biesse Group has published the 3. edition of its Sustainability Report
- In the BioProMarL project, researchers hope to give the stone surfaces new properties, modelled on the lotus effect
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- Middle East Stone and The Big 5 in Dubai postponed to next year (2021) September 12 – 15
- Message from Xiamen Stone Fair as the Covid-19 virus is spreading in some regions in the Americas, Africa, and India: “We care much about you”
Stone Stories»
Art news / Archive»
- Application open until October 01, 2020: 10 to 15 grants for artists from or living in the Arab world, and/or engaged with the Arab world
- For young emerging Tunesian artists: the Rambourg Foundation Prize for Contemporary Art (submissions postponed to July 15, 2020)
Briefly noted»
China’s economy is slowly recovering: at least in imports there was an increase of (+)2.4% in March 2020 compared to the previous year
The government wants to bring production back on track and temporarily eases customs clearance
Application open for the 20th International Prokonessos Sculpture Symposium on Marmara Island
6 artists from all over the world will carve 3 m³ of local white marble / Deadline for application is June 19, 2020
Miscellaneous
On April 15, 2020, the fire disaster almost destroyed Notre-Dame in Paris. In a detailed article, Science magazine has gathered expert information on the cathedral’s limestone
Entries postponed to September 01, 2020 for the international open art competition „Wales Contemporary” – „Cymru GyFoes”
Artworks must be inspired by Wales / Total prizes of £12,000
Corporate Architecture with natural stone for the winery Maison Delas Frères
The architects of the office Carl Fredrik Svenstedt have placed a striking building facade like a theatre curtain in a small Rhône town
Laurameroni Design Collection: „Infinity” tables with modular top that can be customized combining marble, plain or lacquered wood
The plate is divided into segments and embellished by a central ornamental element
Earthquakes generate a small but immediate change in gravity which can be measured before the destructive waves arrive somewhere else
The case is difficult as the quake also changes the density of the rocks for a short time so that the gravity oscillates to some extent in sync with the shock
Open Call: Ostrale-Biennale „O21“ from July 01 to October 03, 2021 in Dresden invites artists to submit at maximum 5 works
Theme is the role of art in times when economic growth is no longer a sustainable vision for our future / Deadline for entries is June 28, 2020
