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Swedish Natural Stone Association‘s magazine “Sten“ (04/23) discusses the national approval process for new quarries

The corporate architecture on the new buildings of the IESE Business School in Madrid picks up on classic construction forms such as the round bridge and vaults, while at the same time emphasizing the school’s orientation towards the future

News about the rock eyes of the marine chiton Acanthopleura granulata

The small animals have lenses made of aragonite and can probably detect the appearance of predators through changes in brightness

Registration open for Coverings 2024 (April 22-25) in Atlanta, Georgia

Core tenets of the ceramic tile and natural stone exhibition will be “Sustainability,” “Health & Wellness,” “Outdoor Spaces” and “Timeless Luxury”

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

“Karst Gem“ is the name design studio alcarol gave its new side table. It is made of a boulder of karst rock embedded in a mold of crystal-clear resin

14 international artists show their works at the 3rd “Forever Is Now“ exhibition in the area of the Pyramids of Giza and the surrounding plateau through November 17, 2023

With the 3rd edition of the competition “Amorf“ for product design with natural stone, the Turkish Aegean Association EIB wants to give added value to the country’s natural resources

White limestone MARINA ROSAL with a perfect Mediterranean look, from Spanish Rosal Stones company

Turkey’s natural stone exports from January to September 2023 overall went down by value (-10,13 %) with an increase in block sales, Turkish Stone World Magazine reports (#124)

Italian sculptor Emanuela Camacci makes – among other things – new works of art from the stone chips that fall off her large sculptures

But she does not adorn herself with current buzzwords like recycling or circular economy