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  • Tiburtine travertine: the stone of Rome loved around the world

    26 February 2026

    The Touring Club Italiano and Associated Press praise the unique qualities of the stone which, from the quarries of Tivoli, built Rome and the Vatican and today continues to shape major architectural works across the globe. The Touring Club Italiano, in its print magazine, recently devoted an in-depth feature to [...]

  • Can Terra: the primitive well-being of stone as told by Carlo Ratti

    15 December 2025

    The director of the Architecture Biennale praises the project by Ensamble Studio carved into the marés stone of Menorca. “Entering Can Terra is [...]

  • Stone, wine, architecture

    2 December 2025

    From Herzog & de Meuron’s quarry to Mario Botta’s cathedral: stone defines the most refined wineries of Bordeaux. Bordeaux is not only a [...]

  • Maurizio Cattelan’s Marble Challenges Its Own Tradition

    21 October 2025

    Awarded the Marmomac Best Communicator Award 2025, the artist celebrates — with irony — the symbolic power of Carrara marble. Last September 26, Maurizio [...]

  • Marmomac 2025: four days of innovation, dialogue, and the future of natural stone.

    29 September 2025

    The 2025 edition of Marmomac ended with great success, with PNA playing a leading role in a journey inspired by the concept of [...]

  • Marmomac 2025: Day 4

    26 September 2025

    The final day of Marmomac 2025 opened with a milestone event for the industry: the presentation of the First Sectoral EPD for Natural [...]

  • Marmomac 2025: Day 3

    25 September 2025

    The third day of Marmomac 2025 featured STONE “X” – Young Talent Edition, where young architects and designers presented their ideas and visions, [...]

  • Marmomac 2025: Day 2

    24 September 2025

    The second day of Marmomac 2025 confirmed the importance of our stand as a place for dialogue and exchange. PNA fosters encounters between [...]

  • Marmomac 2025: Day 1

    23 September 2025

    The first day of Marmomac 2025 has come to a close, bringing with it great enthusiasm and curiosity. Many visitors stopped by to [...]

  • Our Events at Marmomac 2025

    23 September 2025

    Within Marmomac 2025, we are hosting two special events designed to highlight the most relevant topics in the industry and foster dialogue between professionals [...]

  • Marmomac 2025: Our Exhibition Space Between Thought, Material and Future

    19 September 2025

    On Tuesday, September 23, the doors of Marmomac 2025 will open, the leading international event dedicated to natural stone and related technologies. We will [...]

  • Čoarvemátta: stone between contemporary architecture and Sámi tradition

    9 September 2025

    Snøhetta employs local slate and quartzite for a cultural center that rises from the Arctic landscape. In the extreme landscape of the Finnmarksvidda, in [...]

  • Marmomac 2025 – Stone takes the stage: PNA will be there!

    27 August 2025

    From September 23 to 26, 2025, PNA returns to Verona Fiere for Marmomac, the largest international event dedicated to stone and its infinite possibilities.We [...]

  • Transcendence: Rediscovering Egyptian Onyx Alabaster

    26 August 2025

    Designer Omar Chakil revives the stone of the pharaohs with a collection inspired by the gods of Ancient Egypt, unveiled at PAD Paris [...]

  • Design Here and Now: Carrara becomes exhibition

    14 July 2025

    The ninth edition of White Carrara transforms the entire city into an immersive museum, where craftsmanship and innovation, local excellence and international vision come [...]

  • Relive the PNA Forum 2025: full speaker talks now available online

    10 July 2025

    The full talks given by the speakers who participated in the PNA International Forum 2025 are now online. Relive ideas, visions, and inspiration on [...]

  • For two days, Venice became the capital of authentic natural stone

    15 June 2025

    The great success of the “Stone is…” Forum promoted by PNA. “Stone is… is an unfinished phrase. An open threshold onto a material that [...]

  • Stone is…” – Day 2

    13 June 2025

    The second and final day of “Stone is…”, the first International Forum dedicated to authentic natural stone, came to a conclusion today in Venice.The [...]

  • “Stone is…” – Day 1: Venice hosts international debate on authentic natural stone

    12 June 2025

    The first day of “Stone is…”, the first International Forum entirely dedicated to authentic natural stone, which is being held in Venice until 13 [...]

  • The LCA complements our Manifesto, Naturally Sustainable. Here’s what we’ve learned and what we need to do now.

    4 June 2025

    The LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) methodology employed by PNA companies complies with European standards ISO 14040 and ISO 14044, the European Commission’s guidance (LCD), [...]

  • Measuring to improve. All the Objectives of PNA’s Global LCA

    28 May 2025

    Through its global-level Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), the PNA Business Network – Authentic Natural Stone – has sought to expand its understanding of the [...]

  • Christian R. Pongratz: the potential of matter

    27 May 2025

    Christian R. Pongratz is the director of the Health and Design Master's program at the School of Architecture and Design at the New York [...]

  • Claudia Chiappino: stone explorer

    27 May 2025

    Claudia Chiappino is the first woman in Italy to manage a quarry site. But she is the perfect guest for the PNA International Forum [...]

  • Giovanni Santamaria

    27 May 2025

    Giovanni Santamaria’s metabolic approach is the key through which he frames architecture within a broader perspective on Landscape and Ecological Urbanism. Today, a holistic [...]

  • Kinue Horikawa

    27 May 2025

    In addition to her thirty years of personal experience, Kinue Horikawa will bring the teachings of her mentor, Angelo Mangiarotti, to the PNA International [...]

  • Najla El Zein: vision and creativity

    27 May 2025

    Najla El Zein is one of the key figures in the Do You Stone Art? section of the PNA International Forum Stone is…El Zein [...]

  • Suguru Watanabe for Kengo Kuma and Associates: architectural orogenesis

    26 May 2025

    The Stone DNA: Genetics of Design section of the PNA International Forum includes, alongside Peter Eisenman and Kinue Horikawa for the Angelo Mangiarotti Foundation, [...]

  • 12.5 kg CO₂ eq/m² – The Authentic Natural Stone Business Network delivers the first international LCA on natural stone

    20 May 2025

    PNA -Rete di Imprese Pietra Naturale Autentica ha realizzato uno studio internazionale di Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) più ampio in termini di materiali in [...]

  • Forum “Stone is…”: Registration now open!

    12 May 2025

    Registration is now open for Stone is…, the first PNA Forum, an international event launched by Italy’s leading network of producers and workers of Authentic [...]

  • How Much Does Natural Stone Consume?

    24 April 2025

    Through the internationally scaled LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) study on stone random slabs—no longer limited to the national level—the PNA (Pietra Naturale Autentica) business [...]

  • The Five Phases of LCA – The Methodology Behind an EPD

    16 April 2025

    The LCA (Life Cycle Assessment), compliant with European standards, is structured into five phases. These cover all upstream activities in the production process, the [...]

  • Marble Under the Spotlight at Salone 2025: Robert Wilson Illuminates Michelangelo’s Rondanini Pietà

    14 April 2025

    With Mother, the Texan director and playwright places Michelangelo’s final masterpiece at the heart of a visual and sonic work inside the Sforza Castle. [...]

  • Ancient Greece and Contemporary Fashion: COS Stages a Runway Show in an Athenian Marble Quarry

    10 April 2025

    The symbolic power of stone has also captivated the renowned London-based brand COS, which unveiled its Spring-Summer 2025 collection in a majestic quarry of [...]

  • System Boundaries, Supply Chain Data for Accurate LCA, and the Key Findings

    9 April 2025

    According to ISO 14040:2006, the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology is defined as an environmental management technique that enables the identification and evaluation of [...]

  • “Stone is…”: Final preparations underway for the International Forum about Authentic Natural Stone

    8 April 2025

    The final details are being finalized for "Stone is...", the International Forum dedicated to Authentic Natural Stone, scheduled to take place in Venice on [...]

  • Natural stone as Habitat: The all’Insù Festival Brings the Camonica Valley to Life

    4 April 2025

    Natural stone is not just a building material; it can be the foundation for reimagining how we live. Italy holds a widespread architectural heritage [...]

  • How the LCA Methodology Works in the PNA Natural Stone Supply Chain

    2 April 2025

    Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), conducted in accordance with ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 standards, is the European method used to thoroughly analyze every aspect [...]

  • Open Chapel: 3960 sandstone blocks to create a “symbol of collaboration”

    27 March 2025

    The Berlin-based Christoph Hesse Architects studio chooses natural stone to build a “sheltering yet open” space alongside the local community Twelve 6-meter-tall pillars [...]

  • Understanding the climate impact of every phase and material to improve the environmental performance of the supply chain

    25 March 2025

    Knowledge leads to improvement. Through the international LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) study of natural stone random slabs, the PNA (Pietra Naturale Autentica) network of [...]

  • The LCA Method Applied to the Stone Supply Chain: Data Quantifying the Impact of Transport and Energy

    20 March 2025

    The LCA Method Applied to the Stone Supply Chain: Quantifying the Impact of Transport and Energy Tracking the journey of authentic natural stone to [...]

  • PNA at Futura Expo: Natural Stone at the Heart of the Ecological Transition

    13 March 2025

    Innovazione e sostenibilità sono stati i grandi temi di Futura Expo (Brescia, 7-9 marzo), l’evento di importanza nazionale che ha riunito imprese, istituzioni ed esperti per discutere [...]

  • Quantifying the Environmental Impact of Natural Stone Processing

    11 March 2025

    The role of the natural stone industry in the ecological and green transition is pivotal. For companies operating in this sector, aligning with sustainability [...]

  • The Carrara marble is the heart of The Brutalist

    10 March 2025

    A part of the most discussed film of 2024 takes place in the quarries of Carrara, in praise of a unique and international material [...]

  • Travertine as a point of contact between ancient Rome and the works of contemporary artist Tony Cragg

    18 February 2025

    In the magnificent Baths of Diocletian in Rome you can visit until 4 May 2025 a solo exhibition of the famous British sculptor Tony [...]

  • The renovation of the Marble Museum in Carrara has begun, with plans to transform it into a future artistic and archaeological center for stone

    11 February 2025

    An investment of 1.5 million euros will not only fund the museum's architectural project but also renew its exhibitions The project by architect [...]

  • With Snøhetta’s new addition, pink marble is reaffirmed as the hallmark of the Joslyn Art Museum

    6 February 2025

    The fine and distinctive material unites the Norwegian studio's new light and dynamic pavilion with the monumental historic building and Norman Foster's minimalist addition [...]

  • Brick from a Stone: production process as a manifesto of sustainability.

    2 February 2025

    A simple installation to represent the ecological and formal potential of stone bricks There is a growing awareness that natural stone is, by [...]

  • Bob Dylan, Archizoom, and the Green Marble of Prato

    18 January 2025

    A focus on Archizoom’s Rainbow Bed, featuring a bedsheet with Bob Dylan’s face and bedside tables made of green marble On the occasion [...]

  • PNA at Marmomac 2024

    24 October 2024

    Marmomac, a landmark event for the natural stone world, offered us a valuable opportunity to meet new realities and forge meaningful partnerships. During the 4-day [...]

  • Marmomac 2024 – Day 4

    27 September 2024

    Our experience at Marmomac 2024 comes to an end today, and we can only thank you! This last and fourth day was a special one, [...]

  • Marmomac 2024 – Day 3

    26 September 2024

    The third day at Marmomac was all about sustainability with the PNA Global LCA Study Presentation. Thanks to Eng. Claudia Chiappino, PNA Sustainability Project Leader, [...]

  • Marmomac 2024 – Day 2

    25 September 2024

    Stone Stories continues to be the beating heart of our stand here at #Marmomac! Each interview is a journey between tradition and innovation, exploring the [...]

  • Marmomac 2024 – Day 1

    24 September 2024

    Marmomac 2024 has officially begun! Thank you to everyone who came to visit us. We have more days planned full of meetings, exchanges and inspiration. [...]

  • PNA Events at Marmomac 2024

    17 September 2024

    PNA has organized a program of activities to enance the participation in MARMO+MAC making it more effective and interesting, where we will be present from [...]

  • Marmomac 2024 – Stone takes the stage

    1 August 2024

    PNA, Pietra Naturale Autentica, invites you to Marmomac, the international trade show dedicated to the entire stone industry, to be held at Verona Fiere Centre [...]

  • Stone Builds the Future @ Super Design show 2024

    3 April 2024

    Download comunicati stampa: Stone Builds the Future @ Super Design show 2024 (ITA) Stone Builds the Future @ Super Design show 2024 (ENG)

  • We are nature @ Marmo+mac 2023

    3 April 2024

    In occasione di Marmo+mac 2023 Rete PNA presenta ‘WE ARE NATURE’: una installazione che, fra emozione e tecnologia delle immagini, esalta la sostenibilità della pietra naturale [...]

  • Flavio Marabelli: “L’identità green della Pietra Naturale è il nuovo fattore competitivo delle nostre imprese.”

    28 March 2023

    di Claudia Ceccarelli e Paolo Marcesini 29/12/2022   Flavio Marabelli, Presidente Onorario di Confindustria Marmomacchine con delega ai Rapporti Istituzionali, interviene sui contenuti di “Naturalmente [...]

  • Stefano Ghirardi: “Valorizzare la Pietra Naturale per comprenderne la naturale sostenibilità”

    28 March 2023

    di Paolo Marcesini e Claudia Ceccarelli 21/11/2022 Partiamo da una definizione. Cos’è la Pietra Naturale Autentica? Una materia da sempre al servizio dell’uomo per costruire spazi [...]

  • We are nature @ Super Design show 2023

    28 March 2023

    In occasione del Fuorisalone 2023 Rete PNA presenta ‘WE ARE NATURE’: una installazione presso Superstudio Più che, fra emozione e tecnologia delle immagini, esalta la [...]

  • Naturalmente Sostenibile – Marmo+mac 2022

    28 March 2023

    In occasione di MARMO+MAC 2022 Rete PNA presenta ‘NATURALMENTE SOSTENIBILE’, il Manifesto di Sostenibilità della Pietra Naturale Autentica Il Manifesto è stato presentato all’interno della [...]

  • Naturalmente Sostenibile @ Marmo+mac 2022

    14 March 2023

    In occasione di MARMO+MAC 2022 Rete PNA presenta ‘NATURALMENTE SOSTENIBILE’, il Manifesto di Sostenibilità della Pietra Naturale Autentica   Download comunicati stampa: Naturalmente Sostenibile @ [...]

  • Objects between art and design in Palissandro marble

    3 November 2021

    Esplora la riduzione dei volumi della collezione Mass, nata dalla collaborazione fra Agglomerati, lo studio di design londinese fondato nel 2019 da Sam Henley, e il produttore di mobili australiano Fred Ganim.

  • Marmomac 2021 – The Revival of Stone

    27 September 2021

    After the forced closures of 2020, PNA, Authentic Natural Stone, participates, with its stand, in the 2021 edition of Marmomac.

  • Baroque and Neobaroque, the design festival in Ragusa

    17 September 2021

    Scheduled from 24 to 26 September in Ragusa, the first edition of the Baroque design festival is creating a dialogue surrounding design and business culture. 

  • Botticino and Calacatta in Forte dei Marmi

    9 September 2021

    Marine contamination, noble materials and determined geometric shapes in the project of Vudafieri Saverino Partners for the new opening of Peck in Forte dei Marmi.

  • Tribute to Milan – Architecture of Marble

    30 August 2021

    Pietra Naturale Autentica wanted to pay homage to Milan and the public of the Fuorisalone with a "journey" through some of the most representative works of "Marble Architecture" that populate in hundreds the urban landscape of the city.

  • Multi-functional configurations

    23 August 2021

    A collection of accessories where shapes, colors and materials are the result of unique combinations. Protagonists: Carrara marble or Nero Marquinia.

  • The resort in the heart of the Alta Langa

    29 July 2021

    GaS Studio, together with Parisotto+Formenton Architects, put their mark on the project of a new luxury resort overlooking over 40 hectares of vineyards, respecting the territory and sustainability.

  • Marble is a resource – What Francesco Canali thinks of natural stone

    21 July 2021

    Francesco Canali, Site Manager Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano, talks of marble as an important resource for the great human projects.

  • Misfits and imperfect joints

    14 July 2021

    On display at the GAM in Milan until September 26 Misfits, solo exhibition of the visual artist Nairy Baghramian that for the first time approaches marble.

  • Marble, according to Piero Portaluppi

    14 July 2021

    The Binocle studio is among the finalists for the Italian Architecture Award for the restoration of the Galleria Massimo De Carlo inside Casa Corbellini-Wasserman in Milan, designed by Piero Portaluppi in the 1930s and characterized by sophisticated marble interiors.

  • Mother Stone, the nature, the sculpture, the city

    8 July 2021

    "Stone is nature. And nature is mother". The relationship between art and nature is at the center of the work of Pinuccio Sciola, on display in Cagliari.

  • The plan of alabaster

    2 July 2021

    As a designer and artist immersed in the raw material, Jacopo Foggini goes beyond boundaries and explores new forms and processing methods, also working with natural stone.

  • Marble becomes shape – What Demetrio Paparoni thinks of natural stone

    23 June 2021

    Demetrio Paparoni, art critic, editor and academic, explains how natural stone has always been a privileged material, which in the hands of artists translates into forms that have exemplary meanings.

  • Marble is historicity – What Simona Uberto thinks of natural stone

    14 June 2021

    Simona Uberto, artist and full professor of painting at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, takes us on a journey through the centuries to tell us how marble is a living, breathing and transforming material.

  • A masterpiece of nature in Rosso Lepanto marble

    10 June 2021

    A table that is a sculpture made from a block of Rosso Lepanto marble. Infinito is designed by Roberto Lazzeroni and produced by Poltrona Frau in a limited series of numbered and signed pieces.

  • Gio Ponti. The XL Book

    1 June 2021

    "The strongest element is not wood, it is not stone, it is not steel, it is not glass. The strongest element in building is art. Let’s do something very beautiful" Gio Ponti.

  • All the facets of the vase

    27 May 2021

    The archetypal shape of the vase is the starting point for a creative exercise surrounding the forms of marble and natural stone. Cambiovaso is the collection of 30 vases designed by as many designers coordinated by gumdesign.

  • Marmomac Talks

    19 May 2021

    From May 24th to the 27th, a new initiative organized by Marmomac will take place with the goal of bringing together the leaders of the stone industry around a digital table.

  • Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to Rafael Moneo

    13 May 2021

    The Venice Biennale 2021 will give the Spanish architect Rafael Moneo the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.

  • Marble is naturalness – What Antonio Rodriguez thinks of natural stone

    12 May 2021

    Antonio Rodriguez, designer and partner Matteo Thun & Partners, knows well how marble espresses itself in a variety of forms.

  • Ignazio Gardella’s projects are brought to life with re-releases

    7 May 2021

    Thanks to expert philological work and research conducted in the archives of designers and architects, some pieces from the history of design are being re-released, overcoming the test of time and emphasizing the value of the material.

  • Italian Architecture Award, second edition

    30 April 2021

    The second edition of the Italian Architecture Award, promoted by Triennale Milano and MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, will take place at the Triennale.

  • Marble is versatility – What Daniel Volpi thinks of natural stone

    22 April 2021

    Daniel Volpi, a recent graduate in Design at the Milan Polytechnic, tells us which values ​​of marble are recognized even by the youngest designers.

  • An oasis of relaxation in Rauris quartzite

    22 April 2021

    In Austria, a private resort entirely dedicated to wellness, complete with whirlpools, steam baths, sauna, shower, swimming pool, solarium, and bar. Design by Smartvoll Architekten.

  • Awards and promotion of the territory

    16 April 2021

    The seventeenth edition of the Architecture Award for the City of Oderzo (PAO), aimed at the promotion of architecture in Triveneto, has arrived.

  • The Pritzker Prize 2021

    16 April 2021

    To the French architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2021, is considered the "Nobel" for architecture.

  • Contemporary Mediterranean architecture

    8 April 2021

    The new Business Center of the Sicilian Region will be built in the heart of Palermo. For its facades stone materials from different Sicilian provinces were chosen.

  • The imaginary houses of Patricia Urquiola

    8 April 2021

    Miniature structures conceived with the aim of bringing attention to themes of our contemporary lifestyle, and made of natural stone.

  • Stone, the material of duration and memory

    26 March 2021

    Numerically controlled processes and ancient manufacturing techniques meet to give life to objects of high aesthetic quality.

  • Domestic architecture

    26 March 2021

    Architetture Domestiche is a collection of vases, containers, and incense holders, which recall the pure forms of the monuments of the Italian squares of De Chirico.

  • The touch of marble

    26 March 2021

    Always elegant and refined are the bathrooms with natural stone and marble floors.

  • Polychrome marble in Milanese architecture

    18 March 2021

    From residence to flagship hotel in conversation with the city: with its large internal garden and redesigned outdoor square, Milano Verticale | UNA Esperienze offers a connected public and private space.

  • Fantasy and rigor

    18 March 2021

    In a timeless project, but with many references, natural stone finds unexpected and imaginative applications.

  • The city square in limestone

    10 March 2021

    Winner of the fifteenth edition of the Best of Year Awards Winners 2020 - Best of Design 2020, section "Shining Moment" of Interior Design magazine, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington - designed by Gehry Partners and Observatoire International (for the lighting project) - welcomes visitors in a large square entirely made of limestone.

  • Travertine Staircase with bar

    10 March 2021

    A precise choice of materials, travertine, a cultured reference, to the Brion Tomb by Carlo Scarpa, and a reflection on the stairs' function.

  • The faces of marble

    4 March 2021

    Graphic references to Bauhaus and cubist inspirations, but above all free and autonomous expression of creativity. Born from these references, Faces, a collection of decorative sculptures in marble and natural stones designed and self-produced by Dainelli Studio.

  • 2000/2020 Design Super Show

    25 February 2021

    Twenty years of innovative design exhibitions, 520 pages, 750 images, and 70 meetings with the protagonists of architecture and Design. The book by Gisella Borioli traces the birth and evolution of Superstudio Più.

  • Splendor of Marble

    25 February 2021

    The book Splendor of Marble: Marvelous Spaces by the World’s Top Architects and Designers, Rizzoli, New York, 2020 describes the uniqueness of natural stones and illustrates their multiple applications in the field of interior design.

  • Myths and Caves

    18 February 2021

    Scrolling through the web, we can see on the leading media outlets unattainable examples of holiday homes carved into the rock, in the slopes of land facing the sea, or in the ground's folds.

  • Graphic signs on travertine

    17 February 2021

    The modular Folium decoration, designed by Sebastiano Zilio for Kreoo, imprints pure and stylized marks on travertine's textures and natural colors.

  • The stone wall of Trani

    17 February 2021

    The split worked stone walls of Trani help to create the new identity of the spaces in a single-family villa in Mendrisio.

  • The white and glacial tones of Cristallo Iceberg

    8 February 2021

    Suitable for indoor and outdoor spaces, Cristallo Iceberg is a natural stone characterized by refined white tones that extend along the entire surface, punctuated with occasional and discontinuous copper-red veining.

  • Minimal Geometry

    8 February 2021

    A block of precious marble - Sultan Onyx, Dolce Vita, or Irish Green - with an essential shape and a casing in natural copper or vert-de-gris finish.

  • Artificial light as a playground

    8 February 2021

    A table lamp, a sculpture whose concave body emerges from a single carved block of statuary marble from Carrara.

  • Marble is creativity – What Lorenzo Palmieri thinks of natural stone

    5 February 2021

    Lorenzo Palmieri is an architect and a designer, but he is also a musician. His passion for natural stone comes from the union of these [...]

  • Doorways of Milan

    28 January 2021

    Edited by Karl Kolbitz for Taschen, Doorways of Milan is a photo tour of 144 entrances to Milanese buildings, which are lovely examples of Italian Modernism.

  • When scraps become a resource

    22 January 2021

    The age-old question is one of waste and what to do with (the so-called "scraps") of processing generated by the pieces left over from an excavation, from a natural stone artifact, or breakages during processing.

  • The Suspended Staircase

    12 January 2021

    Powerful, dynamic, and at the same time light, the Aurisina marble staircase with its steps seemingly suspended in the void is the fulcrum of the Olivetti store, designed by master Carlo Scarpa located in the wing of the Procuratie Vecchie, in St Mark's Square in Venice.

  • Marble is solidity – What Ernst Knam thinks of natural stone

    11 January 2021

    Ernst Knam, Master Pastry Chef, tells us about the value of marble even in professional kitchens. Just as raw materials are essential for haute cuisine [...]

  • The energy of material contrast

    18 December 2020

    When natural stone is used for a Marco Piva project, it holds all the power of technology but also the creativity and wisdom of those who know how to transform designs into shapes, transmitting fluidity, emotions, and functionality. And this happens in all areas, whether it's design, interior, or large-scale architectural projects.

  • Kadokawa Kultur Museum, twenty thousand granite slabs

    16 December 2020

    The new Kadokawa Culture Museum is a cultural center designed by the Japanese architect Kengo Kuma around the fusion between library, art museum, and natural history museum.

  • Breccia Marina Blu, grey shades with ultramarine veining

    11 December 2020

    Breccia Marina Blu is a unique material thanks to its particular chromaticism and the warm and nuanced tones of the base that vary from hazelnut to powder, with grey shades and ultramarine veining.

  • Marble is strength – What Pasquale jr. Natuzzi thinks about natural stone

    11 December 2020

    Pasquale jr. Natuzzi, Creative Director and Head of Emerging Markets of the Natuzzi Group, tells us about the role of natural stone is in the design, creation and production of furnishings.

  • Collecting masterpieces

    11 December 2020

    There are 92 Greco-Roman works selected among the marble of the Torlonia collection, the most prestigious private collection of ancient sculptures.

  • Portopiccolo, the award-winning Spa by Studio Apostoli

    3 December 2020

    Portopiccolo Spa, an oasis of well-being in the Gulf of Trieste, among stone surfaces with light tones, panoramic terraces, and large windows.

  • A house of stone

    3 December 2020

    A house of stone in Palermo is an almost single-material residence. Antonio Iraci wanted to explore virtually every possibility that natural stone can give in the exterior walls, in the walls' backgrounds, in individual, minimal details. A new manifesto of the use of authentic materials.

  • Onice Ocean Blue, the Iranian onyx that is a natural masterpiece

    3 December 2020

    Onyx marble is a cryptocrystalline mineral with a brilliant transparency formed by colored limestone sediments (limestone from fresh water).

  • Beyond boundaries

    26 November 2020

    Natural stone is one of the preferred materials chosen by Angelo Mangiarotti, with a unique ingenuity applied to projects of every scale, like: the Eros and Incas tables and the outdoor chair Clizia.

  • The Spanish granite Azul Aran, a unique structure

    24 November 2020

    Granite is a hard stone of volcanic origin and is one of the intrusive rocks that emerge from solidified magma within the earth's crust.

  • The pure white of Piedra Paloma in Palma de Mallorca

    24 November 2020

    The luxurious Villa Solitaire designed by Matteo Thun stands on the hills of Son Vida and enjoys spectacular views over the bay of Palma de Mallorca.

  • A carpet and tapestry in Blue Stone of Belgium

    16 November 2020

    Moved from London to Amsterdam Zuidas, the financial district south of the historic city, following Brexit, the new headquarters of EMA (European Medicines Agency) was built only 18 months from the signing of the contract in March 2018. For all the stone elements, the Blue Stone of Belgium was chosen.

  • Retinal images of d’antan entryways

    19 October 2020

    The modern entryways of many buildings in Milan tell a story of architecture that, through the signatures of Portaluppi, Ponti, Caccia Dominioni, and many others, reinvent the scope of the stone material as a blank slate of a new project.

  • Authentic Natural Stone revived with the architects

    19 October 2020

    Architects and designers will be the target audience of the PNA communication campaign (Authentic Natural Stone) 2020-2021.

  • The lightness of marble in Mies van der Rohe

    18 October 2020

    The sensual, courageous, almost unscrupulous use of marble contrasts and, at the same time, embraces clean lines, giving rise to one of the masterpieces of modern architecture.

  • New antibacterial and protective treatments for natural stone

    18 October 2020

    Hygiene is a subject that is becoming increasingly relevant in many fields; even the world of design must now take this factor into significant consideration.

  • The design of Castiglioni and marble

    17 October 2020

    Arco and Snoopy Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni bring marble to the Olympus of design, playing on the dynamics of ready-made and irony in the happiest historical period of Italian design.

  • Quarzite Michelangelo

    17 October 2020

    Thanks to its extraordinary decorative potential, natural stone can be a precious tool for designers and clients who want to add value to various spaces, including hotels, restaurants, offices, and even museums.

  • Water. A vital element to be feared

    16 October 2020

    With the arrival of autumn comes the rain, smog, and other increasingly severe atmospheric phenomena.