White Carrara Downtown Festival 2019: celebrating the city of marble
The city of Carrara is one of the most fascinating territories in Tuscany, famous all over the world for its marble and its quarries.
White...
French multimedia artists showcase quarries
Quarries have taken centre stage in a number of French multimedia art installations.
A former limestone quarry in Les Baux-de-Provence in southern France has been...
Natural Stone Institute Announces 2018 Pinnacle Award Winners
The winners of the 2018 Pinnacle Awards were announced during the Natural Stone Institute Awards Ceremony at TISE 2019 in Las Vegas, NV. Fourteen...
18th-Century Sculpture Has a Delicate Net Carved Out of a Single Block of Marble
For centuries, sculptors around the world have adopted marble as their medium of choice. In order to both illustrate marble’s carving capabilities and showcase their own sculpting...
A sensible Japanese-style home in Yishun, featuring brass, marble and timber
After living with a dark colour palette for many years, the homeowners of this three-storey cluster terrace home at Yishun tasked their nephew, Mikael...
Matthew Simmonds explores historic architecture in stone sculptures
Doric columns, arches and vaulted ceilings are among the architectural details that Matthew Simmonds has carved from stone in these intricate sculptures. The result of a lifelong interest in...
Altrock is a terrazzo made using waste from the marble industry
London-based designer Robin Grasby uses offcuts from luxury marble workshops to create a terrazzo material he calls "beautifully chaotic".Called Altrock, the material can be used for worktops, wall coverings, tables...
Olivier Vadrot’s lava stone and marble seats are shaped like latin alphabet letters
Drawing from the history of writing, french architect & artist Olivier Vadrot has created orchestre, a series of 26 outdoor sculptural seats, each of which with a...
Burj Jumeira supertall skyscraper will rise from fingerprint of Dubai’s ruler
Visuals have been released of the SOM-designed Burj Jumeira, a 550-metre-tall split-volume skyscraper in Dubai that will rise from a lake shaped like the fingerprint of the emirate's ruler. Unveiled by state-owned Dubai...
Snug candle holders by Sanna Völker are carved from 500 million year old stones
‘Snug’ candle holders by Sanna Völker are handmade by stonemasons who have mastered their craft for four generations, dating back to 1880.All pieces are...
