In STEIN 7/24, we look at the new focal point in the living area: the kitchen. Kitchen blocks made of unusual stones are increasingly being used in them. For example, we show a kitchen-living room in Styria, where the interior designers have placed a block of “Golden Viper”. The dark granite with golden veins is a real eye-catcher in the open space. Another kitchen block made of Patagonia granite is another such eye-catcher, adding its own elegant accent to an otherwise restrained apartment.
18.10.2024
Space for enjoyment – The stone in July 2024
Cover picture: Gabriel Büchelmeier
The kitchen has long since shed its traditional role as just a place to cook. Today, it is much more the center of life and a central place for social interaction. Kitchen blocks that separate the kitchen from the living area are particularly popular. This trend is interesting for stonemasons in that natural stone is increasingly being used in upmarket interior design.
Starting on page 6, we present a whole series of unusual kitchen solutions made of natural stone. We start with two examples from the Austrian stonemasonry company Breitwieser in Tulln. The interior designers have placed a block of “Golden Viper” in an eat-in kitchen in Styria. The dark granite with golden veins is a real eye-catcher in the open space. Another kitchen block made of Patagonia granite is another such eye-catcher, adding its own elegant accent to an otherwise restrained apartment.
From page 12, the South Tyrolean stonemasonry company Bagnara opens its order book for us and presents proven classics and new trends. On display are superlative stones that turn every kitchen into something very special.
Steffen Würstel, Managing Director of MCR-Steine GmbH in Römhild, Thuringia, shares his exclusive customers’ new kitchen designs with you in the STEIN interview. Just this much in advance: there are no limits to the stonemason’s craft in kitchen construction. On the contrary.
Enno Steindlberger, Director of the Institute for Stone Conservation (IFS) in Mainz, talks to us from page 24 onwards about the cooperation between monument conservation and university research in stone conservation. The IFS sees itself primarily as an advisory body for monument conservation and does not undertake any commissioned work.
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