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“There’s a lot of gray energy in old materials, and a lot of history besides,“ says architect Martin Bruhin about his modernization of the barn at Wildegg Castle in Switzerland

The UseNaturalStone webpage describes the minerals out of which the different sorts of natural stone are composed

Xiamen Stone Fair 2023: fewer international exhibitors, almost the same number of visitors as before Covid, and furthermore a key event for the stone sector worldwide

The fact that the organizer had continued the new themes during the pandemic paid off

Michelangelo Mármores Company at the Expo Revestir in São Paulo: contrasting materials but produced and processed in the region

To create the stand, designer Ana Penso used local marble and corn straw that came as waste from the fields

A better argument than durability over millions of years is the stones’ value stability

During the Corona pandemic, private consumers invested more than usual in modernizations with natural stone because it is a safe haven

Limestone ALTAMIRA ROSAL creating the feeling of a timeless farmhouse around the Mediterranean, quarried by Spanish Rosal Stones company

How stone companies can benefit from Cloud technologies is a topic in the magazine Apuo Versilia Produce (August 2023, #136) of Cosmave association

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

The company Carl Picard Natursteinwerk has used the summer heat in June in Germany for a particular action: They staged their quarry of red sandstone as a bathing paradise

“TEXTURES+“ Collection by Antolini with 34 different surfaces created to orient trends and respond to the multiple requirements of architects, stylists, and interior decorators

The EU authorities have new rules on the energy efficiency of buildings in the works, which will bring great potential for renovation in the next 10 years

Residential buildings must achieve energy class D by 2033, non-residential buildings as early as 2030