During a Marble Institute of America+Building Stone Institute (MIA+BSI) New York Metro Chapter meeting held this summer at Stone Source’s showroom in New York City, Mike Sawicki, vice president of commercial sales at Miracle Sealants Company in Arcadia, CA, addressed an audience about stone care and maintenance.
Natural stone has always been a popular choice when designing a kitchen or bathroom, but lately, another material with similar technical characteristics has become a viable option on today’s market.
Using the knowledge he gained from running porcelain factories for many years, Luo Shengxiang made the leap to quartz surfacing in 2006 when he founded Nande Quartz Stone.
A residence in the suburbs of Atlanta, GA, received a full-scale transformation, which brought an air of elegance, as well as an open-format living space, to its 4,128-square-foot interior.
For a junior and senior high school in LaFayette, NY, the design team from Ashley McGraw Architects, located in Syracuse, NY, wanted to make a school auditorium that is designed for performance – and that doesn't refer only to what happens on the auditorium stage.
Throughout each of the five boroughs, these patches of open land help relieve the surrounding chaos. One of the city’s most historic parks, now known as The Battery, was recently renovated using a variety of local granite which provides a fresh revived look.
Currently, the company operates four quarries in South Dakota, one in Minnesota and is in the process of opening three sites in Wyoming for Red sandstone, Teton Taupe and Casper White.