Granite Designs, Longville, Minn.
By K. Schipper LONGVILLE, Minn. – It’s not easy finding this place on a map. Located more than 100 miles northwest of the Twin Cities at the southern end of the Chippewa National Forest,...
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Public Library, Columbia, Mo.
By K. Schipper COLUMBIA, Mo. – There’s nothing ordinary about the renovation of this public library. By choosing to expand the existing library, the designers faced the dual problems of creating a significant civic...
AIA Convention and Expo 2003
SAN DIEGO — Stone shows up in plenty of places nowadays … including the largest gathering of architects in the United States. Some 15,000 of them will likely pass through the American Institute of...
Intertile Natural Stone Surfaces, San Leandro, Calif.
By K. Schipper SAN LEANDRO, Calif. – Saying that Intertile Natural Stone Surfaces is a fabrication company is somewhat akin to saying that McDonald’s sells hamburgers. It’s a single – although important — facet...
Pricing Yourself Out of Business?
By Rick Stenberg Bad economic times can affect most businesses — some more than others. The stone-fabrication industry is one that can potentially reduce its vulnerability, as long as everyone adheres to similar pricing...
Insight on India
From The Centre for Development of Stones (CDOS) Dimensional stones are a major economic commodity in India. The stone sector in India provides employment to more than one million people, and it has grown...
Pour It On
By Emerson Schwartzkopf Take a look downtown at any U.S. city with any kind of history in the 19th century, and you’ll find a few surviving buildings from the 1800s. In nine of ten...
Color Matching and Fill
Probably the area where crack filling owes more to art than to basic chemistry is when it comes to color matching. In a perfect work, every stone would be dark, every crack would be...
Rock of Ages Pays Out
CONCORD, N.H. – Things are looking good enough at Rock of Ages Corp. that company officials decided it’s time to share the wealth with stockholders. The company’s board of directors voted in February to...
2003 Shows on Record Pace
Trade shows allied to the stone trade continue to grow, with the latest evidence coming from the recent Surfaces 2003 event in Las Vegas. The Jan. 29-31 show, sponsored by the World Floor Covering...