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The Irish Hunger Museum in Manhattan

NYC’s Irish Hunger Museum: Restoring a Cultural Stone Masterpiece

Built of 32 varieties of stone representing each of Ireland’s 32 counties, the Irish Hunger Memorial in Manhattan receives a massive overhaul to restore its architecture and protect it from further water damage
April 12, 2018

Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), CTA Architects, P.C., construction manager The LiRo Group and contractor Nicholson & Galloway, Inc. have completed the $5.3 million renovation and waterproofing of the Irish Hunger Memorial.


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United Polaris at O’Hare Intl Airport in Chicago, IL

Natural Stone Used in Lavish Airline Lounge for United Airlines

With United Airline’s new Polaris seats onboard its aircrafts, the corporate giant looked to revamp its airport lounges, starting in Chicago
Jason Kamery
Jason Kamery
April 11, 2018
Introduced earlier this year, the United Airlines Polaris seats improved upon the airline’s business class seats on international routes. To be able to give passengers a full experience, United Airlines also created a new luxury passenger lounge, United Polaris.
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Interior Stone Walls

New Ways to Solve Old Problems with Interior Stone Walls

Walls That Rock Your World
April 9, 2018
What’s more dramatic in a room than a stone wall backdrop? It’s amazing how something so hard and cold can translate into such a warm and inviting interior feature. Stone is a natural element possessing textures and colors that merge well with many design styles.
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Studio Four Design, Knoxville, TN

Creating a Contemporary, Functional Customer Service Work Space

As part of the redesign for Newport Utilities’ lobby in Newport, TN, the design team at Studio Four Design created a contemporary and functional customer service work space with quartz countertops
Jennifer Richinelli
Jennifer Richinelli
April 9, 2018
Studio Four Design worked with Newport Utilities’ (NU) to realize their vision for an updated and technologically advanced lobby of its corporate building in Newport, TN.
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Matthew Kahny, executive vice president of Dal-Tile Corporation

Current and future trends of quartz

As quartz continues to grow in popularity among consumers and the design community alike, where is the future of this trend heading?
Jason Kamery
Jason Kamery
April 9, 2018
The trend of using quartz in the kitchen has been on the rise and it seems the popularity of it isn’t slowing down anytime soon. As the technology becomes better, consumers and designers are turning to quartz for its ease to maintain and the details in the design.
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Outdoor Living space by MasterPLAN Outdoor Living

Outdoor Living Designer Joshua Gillow Designs with Natural Stone

Joshua Gillow, founder and lead designer for MasterPLAN Outdoor Living, has been an outdoor living designer for about 20 years
Jason Kamery
Jason Kamery
April 9, 2018
MasterPLAN Outdoor Living is a design/build firm located in Eastern Pennsylvania that specializes in backyard transformations to enhance their clients’ lives. We sat down with Josh Gillow, founder of MasterPLAN Outdoor Living to learn more.
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Inside the pavilion, a worktable and a wide range of samples

Porcelain slabs used for outdoor showroom

Atlas Concorde uses the surrounding park and landscape to build an outdoor showroom that was inspired by winter gardens
April 9, 2018
Recently inaugurated, the new pavilion of the Atlas Concorde showroom completes the exhibition space of the Fiorano Modenese headquarters, which includes an external area dedicated to outdoor tiles and an indoor showroom.
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Philadelphia’s Dilworth Park

CNC Technology Brings New Era of Stone Fabrication

Collaboration between architects, designers and fabricators can lead to detailed stone designs with the assistance of state-of-the-art CNC machines
Rick Schmid
April 3, 2018

Computer Numerical Control (CNC) technology has made its mark on stone design and fabrication. With computers controlling the machines, stone fabricators produce intricate inspiring creations with exact precision once thought impossible or too costly to achieve.


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Monks fabricate stone for monastery

Monks use Natural Stone to Build Spiritual Oasis

Determined to construct their new monastery on a picturesque mountaintop property in Meeteetse, WY, despite budget constraints, the Monks of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel dedicated their time and skills to learning to work a CNC machine and fabricate the stone pieces themselves
April 3, 2018
Faced with cost provisions, the monks took on the impressive challenge of learning to operate a CNC stoneworking center and fabricate all of the stone needed for the project themselves.
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