pebbles architect the world

http://www.inspirationgreen.com/pebble-mosiacs-underfoot.html

For thousands of years we have been pressing pebbles into patterns onto earthen floors. And numerous fine artists continue the tradition today... - See more at: http://www.inspirationgreen.com/pebble-mosiacs-underfoot.html#sthash.wqx2c12h.dpuf

For thousands of years we have been pressing pebbles into patterns onto earthen floors. And numerous fine artists continue the tradition today... - See more at: http://www.inspirationgreen.com/pebble-mosiacs-underfoot.html#sthash.wqx2c12h.dpuf

For thousands of years we have been pressing pebbles into patterns onto earthen floors. And numerous fine artists continue the tradition today... - See more at: http://www.inspirationgreen.com/pebble-mosiacs-underfoot.html#sthash.wqx2c12h.dpuf

China Stone Material Association

The China Stone Material Association ascertains turnaround in the local stone branch with incipient market consolidation

Latest news: for 2016, China’s Central Bank predecits the country’s exports to fall by 1%. Yet the growth of GDP is expeted to be at 6.8%, a Reuters journal reports.
China’s natural stone branch is currently experiencing a market shake-out as was determined at this year’s Xiamen Trade Fair (March 6th to 9th 2016). The China Stone Material Association Association (CSMA) describes in an anylisis for Stone-Ideas.com the current transition. http://www.stone-ideas.com/2016/06/16/another-feature-in-chinas-stone-industry-is-the-increasing-importation-of-processed-stone-products/

Turning carbon from CO2 into solid material at an unbelievable rate

http://www.stone-ideas.com/2016/06/15/turning-carbon-from-co2-into-solid-material-at-an-unbelievable-rate/

A ship made of marble prisms commemorating slave trade across the Atlantic

The sculpture at the entrance to the UN Headquarters bears the inscription „Ark of Return“, and won one of MIA’s 2015 Pinnacle Awards

„Ark of Return“ is a permanent memorial commemorating slave trade across the Atlantic. It was erected in 2015 at the entrance to the UN-Headquarters and received one of the Pinnacle Awards of the Marble Institute of America (MIA) in the same year. The jury acknowledged the exceptional achievement of natural stone craftsmen and engineers who participated in the project.
 http://www.stone-ideas.com/2016/06/14/a-ship-made-of-marble-prisms-commemorating-slave-trade-across-the-atlantic/

Abandoned Buildings While Travelling Across Europe

During the last four years, I have been photographing abandoned places across the world for my project “Ask the Dust”. I am now very proud to present my work to you; feel free to create your own stories on what’s hidden behind these images.

Come with me in an epic journey through ruins from the genteel parlours of long departed haute-bourgeoisie families to the sparse industrial beauty of mid-century factories as they quietly rust away. As in a walking day dream, we are absorbed, picture after picture, into a wordless reverie.
http://mydesignstories.com/abandoned-buildings-travelling-across-europe/

Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture.

Frank Lloyd Wright working at a drafting table during the original construction of Taliesin West (circa 1938)

The Taliesin campuses, together, form the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, the modern-day incarnation of Wright's historic apprenticeship program that is in the process of becoming an independent subsidiary of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and accredited with the Higher Learning Commission to be able to continue offering an M.Arch. program. Last year, the school met an ambitious fundraising goal of $2 million in order to become financially independent of the foundation. We're expecting to learn more about the status of the school as early as this month.

http://www.architectmagazine.com/design/culture/happy-149th-birthday-frank-lloyd-wright_o?utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=Brief&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=AN_060816%20%281%29&he=e02ba4375df35dfb040d33869b8a3cd7549b23a3

The architecture of Education

https://www.yatzer.com/cc-for-education-auction-nepal/slideshow/1

ancient Greek city are of natural origin

Alleged paved floors, courtyards and colonnades were created by geological phenomenon up to five million years ago
The ancient underwater remains of an alleged long lost Greek city were in fact created by a naturally occurring phenomenon – according to joint research from the University of East Anglia (UK) and the University of Athens (Greece).
When underwater divers discovered what looked like paved floors, courtyards and colonnades, they thought they had found the ruins of a long-forgotten civilization that perished when tidal waves hit the shores of the today Greek holiday island Zakynthos.
 http://www.stone-ideas.com/2016/06/08/another-long-forgotten-civilization-lost-underwater-remains-of-an-alleged-ancient-greek-city-are-of-natural-origin/

Bronze Prize for 12 Mythic Marbles-European Design Awards 2016

"12 Mythic Marbles" Collector's Edition exclusively by #stonegroup International, received the 3nd Prize in the European #design Awards. The book is a unique work combining a historical and aesthetic aspect of marble though ages, along with the trading one. This publication, except of the value it adds to the product, is collectable because of the information...http://design.lulop.com/en_EN/post/show/113404/bronze-prize-for-12-mythi.html