Photoreports : Design in Stones

Sagrada Familia

Who has not heard of Sagrada Familia, that magnificent, unfinished work of Gaudi, which is one of the landmark sites of Barcelona? Well, work is going on now to finish it, and, as one would expect, natural stone is being its basic feature. The photographs in the following pages are self-explanatory; they refer to the elaboration and test installation in the factory of Marbres Castell S.A.

Macael Awards 2008

The Association of the Businessmen of Marble from Andalusia (AEMA) celebrated the prize awarding ceremony of the Macael Awards, in its XX1V edition. Below we present a photo report of the winners in the different categories.

Sheikh Zayed Mosque (Abu Dhabi)

It is the third biggest mosque in the world, with the capacity for 30000 people. Its is named after the founder and President of the United Arab Emirates, who is buried here. About 220.000 square metres of stone was used in the whole project.

Rehabilitation of the Medieval Market of Uncastillo (Zaragoza, Spain)

After almost 2 years of rehabilitation work, the Medieval Market of Unicastillo, Zaragoza, was inaugurated last 29 July as the headquarters of the UNCASTILLO Foundation. From here the Foundation will develop all its cultural program and patrimony management.

Recovering the history I

The world of natural stone is advancing at a frenetic pace, with so many improvements in technology, that we have no time to think how we have got to this point. We thought it would be interesting to remind our readers how it used to be only a few centuries ago, take a look back and do a memory of a past age not so long ago.

Macael Awards 2004

Last 19 November, the Provincial Association of Businessmen of Marble of Macael awarded the prizes of Comarca of Macael in its XX edition. In this photo-report we present the images of the works rewarded in the different categories.

AWARD TO THE ARCHITECT