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Modern Architecture: Oslo Opera House by Snøhetta, Oslo, Norway
A building coming out of the water.

Marble and sustainability: the Stonethica case
Marble processing waste is a growing problem: quarrying has now reached very high peaks around the world and how to reuse the natural stone processing waste, including marble, is being addressed by many.

Marble & Shop: Versace and the marble world
In the popular imagination, Versace represents fashion, the Medusa, and one of the most well-known and appreciated Italian brands abroad: but Versace is also interior design, fine materials, including marble, and luxury projects that are everywhere nowadays.

Focus Modern Architect: Tom Dixon
“I design for longevity, and I want something to be anti-fashion.”

Focus Modern Architect: Zaha Hadid
“I have always been interested in the concept of fragmentation and the idea of abstraction and explosion, de-constructing the ideas of repetitiveness and mass production.” – (Zaha Hadid, 2007)

Living Marble: Apartment Nana, Portugal, by rar.studio
On the waterfront of Lisbon, there is a mid-1900s building constructed on the landfill established in the wake of the 1755 earthquake that changed the city and its layout forever.