Macael Awards 2014
Under the theme “Naturally Macael”, the Association of Businessmen of Marble in Andalusia (AEMA), held the Macael Awards ceremony last November. The winners in this XXV111 edition, in the different categories, were the following:
Imports of Natural Stone in Germany, 2013
Natural Stone imports by countries (in thousand Euro)
Inside Marmomacc & Abitare il Tempo - The New Technologies in service of design in stone
The Marmomacc fair in Verona in its 2014 edition organised an exhibition inside Marmomacc and Abitare it Tempo on design.The use of new technologies along with the creativity of the artists who took part in these events have given as results innovative creations of which we reproduce a small summary.
A-Z of the Natural Stone Industry in 2014
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ARAB WORLD. With the ARAB world in turmoil, one of the most important region for demand for natural stone (and of production), many stone companies from all over the world with presence there, have been seriously affected. Libya and Iraq markets almost collapsed, and Saudi Arabia is showing all the signs of a saturated and over supplied market.
“The Secret Garden” of Zaha Hadid
The well known British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, winner of the Pritzer Architecture Award in 2004, formed part of the exhibition with “The Secret Garden”, a series of marble panels with geometric designs inspired in the complexity of organising systems of nature. A dialogue that establishes a direct relation between nature and architecture.
