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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

Designing a city block

The issue of our thesis project was the redefinition of a common city block in the area of Gyzi, Athens through a proposal that acts in two levels: a) the integration of the internal non-built area of the block, the "akalyptos" and b) the restoration and reuse of three old buildings to meet the inhabitants' needs. Our main goal was that all of our interventions should be governed by the principles of a sustainable and green architecture.

http://www.greekarchitects.gr/en/projects2015/designing-a-city-block-id10865

„Global Heritage Stone Provinces“

Spanish geologists propose the quarries of Berroqueña Granite for the list of „Global Heritage Stone Provinces“

 http://www.stone-ideas.com/2016/05/27/spanish-geologists-propose-the-quarries-of-berroquena-granite-for-the-list-of-global-heritage-stone-provinces/

Tables from Citco’s Zaha Hadid Collection

The Verona based stone company had donated three pieces from its 2013 cooperation with the recently deceased star architect
Three Mercuric Tables from Citco’s Zaha Hadid Collection were donated to an auction for the new building of the London Design Museum and raised over £1,160,000 together with other spectacular examples of contemporary design. „The Time for Design Auction“ was held as live sale on April 28, 2016 followed by an online auction continued until May 2.
 http://www.stone-ideas.com/2016/05/25/tables-from-citcos-zaha-hadid-collection-auctioned-for-the-benefit-of-the-new-london-design-museum/

World’s Most Energy Efficient Museum is in Center of Medieval City

The integration of the Passive House certified museum Kunstmuseum Ravensburg into the fabric of a medieval city challenges the identity of architecture by bridging 500 years of vernacular with a single gesture. The museum maintains the German city’s fabric with a nod in materiality and form, but resolutely avoids mimicry or nostalgia. If you quickly walked passed it you may not even recognize it is of our era. The barrel vault roof relief and rich, historical brickwork allow the mass to slip into the old, dense neighborhood with only a whisper and wink of the contemporary on the outside.http://www.evolo.us/architecture/worlds-most-energy-efficient-museum-is-in-center-of-medieval-city/

Wall Tiles

Turkish-based Assos Marble showed out-of-the-ordinary design products at the Izmir Trade Fair
Fascinating wall tiles with 3-D effects were presented by Turkish-bases Assos Marble Company as a novelty at the Izmir Trade Fair (March 23rd to 26th 2016). The family enterprise whose members jointly created the new design product has been developing ideas for innovative design in natural stone since it was founded in 2004.
 http://www.stone-ideas.com/2016/05/24/wall-tiles-with-3-d-effects-in-natural-stone/

European Design Awards 12 Mythic Marbles

http://www.dolphinsonline.gr/

Salone del Mobile

But the stone sector must present more new ideas to create attentiveness and to promote its material as modern

A total of 373,151 visitors were registered at this, the 55th Salone del Mobile, Milan (12th to 17th April 2016), of which 67% came from abroad. That was an increase of 4% compared to the previous year. Some 2407 exhibitors, 30% of them from foreign countries, were represented on a total surface of 270,000 m² spread over 20 halls.
 http://www.stone-ideas.com/2016/05/20/salone-del-mobile-1-natural-stone-amply-represented-and-even-visible/

Brutal London

Following “Brutal London,” Zupagrafika has released another collection of illustrated paper cut-out models, “Paris Brut," which portrays the Brutalist architecture of Paris from the late-’50s through the 1970s. The set features buildings from the city’s arrondissements and banlieues, the latter of which became a central locality for Habitation à Loyer Modéré, a type of public-private, rent-controlled housing in France.
 http://www.archdaily.com/787783/zupagrafika-honors-brutalism-in-paris-with-paper-models

Cloud Craft: Rainmaking Skyscraper

Droughts are a recurring feature of California’s climate, and the current four-year period starting from the fall of 2011 has been the driest in history since recordkeeping began in 1895. California is in fact the world’s fifth-largest supplier of food and most of the farming depends on irrigation, which usually accounts for about 80% of the state’s human water use. In 2014 growers lost about 6.6 million acre-feet of surface water and 2.2 billion dollars because of the drought.
 http://www.evolo.us/competition/cloud-craft-rainmaking-skyscraper/

Natural Stone

Myth: Natural Stone Stains Easily
Staining is a big concern for many homeowners considering natural stone. A common misconception is that common products like red wine, cosmetics or coffee will stain natural stone countertops beyond repair. While staining can occur on any light colored material, including some lighter stones, Carl Vona Jr., president of Paramount Stone in Stamford, Connecticut, says that most stains are treatable.http://www.financialbuzz.com/dispelling-myths-about-natural-stone-445842