The Savage Beauty of Natural Stone

No design is more beautiful than one created by nature. With this premise, the designer Alessandro La Spada has created for the showroom of the Italian company Antolini, twelve spaces in which the veins and colours of natural stone are combined with the designs that come from skins, feathers or shells of an animal. The result is an inspired harmony that highlights as never before the beauty of natural stone. 

ADNOC (Abu Dhabi) - Highest Building in the World with Exterior Granite Facade

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) new headquarters building, located in Abu Dhabi (UAE), recently completed, occupies a special place in the heart of the natural stone industry people for holding a unique record - it can probably claim to be  the highest building in the world with an exterior façade of granite. The building has height of 342 metres and has 65 floors of offices. The building was designed by the US based largest architectural and engineering firm HOK, USA.

Natural Stone market trends in Germany in 2016

With all the daily talk of economic crisis all over the world, the high level of indebtedness, unemployment, slow economic growth, it is easy to forget there are markets which are actually doing quite well in the natural stone industry. We do not refer to a relatively small emerging market which has been growing impressively for about 5 years and which is catching the eye of the world. We refer here to no less than Germany, a country of 80 million people and with as solid an economy as is possible in these current times.