The Stone Fabricator's Alliance (SFA) recently wrapped up its 2017 workshop series — with sessions held throughout the U.S., as well as a trip to Verona, Italy, to visit Marmomac.

I received an email from a long-time industry member last week. He and his family had to be rescued by boat during Hurricane Harvey, and are now beginning the rebuilding process. Like so many in the Houston area, he didn’t have flood insurance.

A recent renovation to Founders Hall, located on the campus of Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC) in Waterbury, CT, was a collaborative effort between school administration, the design team, and additional stone industry professionals.

While high school best friends Geoffrey Gran and Bill Heuer went their separate ways for college and followed different career paths afterwards, they reunited in July of 2015 to open The Countertop Factory Midwest in Addison, IL.

High in the Natural Park of the Apuan Alps, near Lago Di Gramolazzo and the historical center of the Italian village of Gramolazzo, a group of artists, architects and designers gather to spend a month sculpting marble with robots

Slated for September 27th through September 30th, the 2018 edition of Marmomac is anticipated to once again cause a stir in Verona, Italy.

Nearly 100 years since its founding, the company- run by brothers Alex and Greg DiPietro- is based out of its original location, but now caters primarily to the luxury residential market.

When walking into BardenStone's showroom in Memphis, TN, there's an immediate sense of warmth and friendliness. As a family business in its third generation, it is evident the Barden family cares about its customers and devotes itself to producing quality stonework to meet their design needs.

Designed by architect Beverley David Thorne in 1963, it was an experimental project to build a steel-framed house on a steeply sloping site and to demonstrate how to construct it without tearing up the natural terrain in the way usually required by conventional building.

This month marks my 21st anniversary with Stone World- how fast the time goes by! And while many aspects of the industry, and even systems for publishing a magazine have changed, it is comforting that many things have also stayed the same.