Carrara marble is one of the most prestigious marbles in the world. A slab can cost up to $400 per square meter, and over history, it has been used for some remarkable buildings. Think of the Pantheon ...
Marble also has what Mayer dubs a "warm and cool" quality, making it desirable for a wide range of spaces. "Marble always ...
"Walking into a slab supplier facility is much like strolling through an art gallery, where you admire the beauty of the all the various types, colors, and patterns of large slab marble on display row ...
Ever wondered how marble is quarried? The process, documented in this stunning short by Italian artist and filmmaker Yuri Ancarani, is utterly transfixing. Assorted observations: It’s a little unreal ...
The Pantheon temple in Rome glistens with precious, white marble from Italy’s town of Carrara, a stone that was prized by the ancient Romans and Renaissance masters. Now, extraction rates of 5,000 ...
Carrara, Italy — A remarkable innovation is changing the way timeless art is created. For centuries, Italy's world-famous Carrara marble has been used to make some of the most iconic sculptures in ...
We think of marble as immovable, but not so the price at Marble House, the troubled triplex within 60 Collister Street. The 9,200-square-foot 6BR, 5.5BA was once asking $24.5 million, a price that was ...
"We are entering a new era of sculpture, which no longer consists of broken stones, chisels and dust, but of scanning, point clouds and design." An Italian startup called Robotor has invented a ...
The ways in which nature can take us by surprise are limitless. Take, for example, a cave in Turkey that has long been mined for its reddish-purple Rosso Lepanto marble, but in 2018 unexpectedly ...