In a process similar to coral reef growth, microalgae could create limestone to make cement production carbon neutral – and even carbon negative

A team of scientists led by the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) was rewarded with a $3.2 million grant to develop the technology

Stone detail: an Adjacent Grain Analysis (AGA) and numerous other tests were used to find a suitable white marble for the façade of Capital One Hall in Tyson, Virginia

Steindetail: eine Adjacent Grain Analysis (AGA) und zahlreiche weitere Tests kamen zum Einsatz, um einen geeigneten weißen Marmor für die Fassade der Capital One Hall in Tyson, Virginia zu finden

Die Marmor- und Glasfassade der Capital One Hall in Tysons, Virginia minimiert die Wärmeeinstrahlung und optimiert den Lichteinfall

Die Architekten kamen vom Büro HGA (Hammel, Green and Abrahamson)

The marble and glass façade of the Capital One Hall in Tysons, Virginia minimizes heat gain and optimizes the light penetration

The architects came from HGA (Hammel, Green and Abrahamson)

New in our Stone Finder: Lasa Bianco Nuvolato Forte®, a white marble with equally distributed grayish clouds mined above the Lasa village in the Italian Alps

Karin van Ommeren lets the colors of the stones shine in her monumental works

The Dutch artist brings the inside of the raw blocks to the outside and even works with boulders

Karin van Ommeren lässt in ihren monumentalen Arbeiten die Farben der Steine leuchten

Die niederländische Künstlerin holt das Innere der Rohblocks nach außen und arbeitet sogar mit Findlingen

“Hug”, “Tao”, and “Kora” are Kreoo’s freestanding washbasins or bathtubs, respectively, in natural stone combining marble with with brass, bronze, and wood