Post on 16-Apr-2017
Marble from Greece as a
Worldwide Ambassador for Architecture
The word marble derives from Greek word mármaros
Parthenon
in a Marble Route Itinerary
From Extraction (Mountain Pentelicus )
To Exposition-Amphipolis
The Masterpieces
Caryatid Porch Athens
Drents Museum- Netherlands
“Interior shape character out of their components”
Everything is Possible
when Architecture empowers People
Feodorovsky Cathedral, S. Petersburg, Russia
The Revival of History
The Tsar’s Porch historically
In 1914 & Today
Tsar’s Porch interior Main Entrance and Imperial Stairs
Bell Tower & Tatiana Bell
The upper Church- Marble preserves Tradition
Different window handicraft
Handicraft Lovely Wall
a wonderful confection of different marble patterns
The Upper Church
Cosmatesque or Cosmati technique
geometric decorative inlay stonework
The altar apse of the Lower Church
Labyrinth
Represents the human path to God
Labyrinth Synthesis
Pomegranate Hotel 5 * Greece, by German Enin
The main Entrance- Emperador Dark wall
Luxurious Afrodita Spa Reception
How we influence the marble
Art Craft Tree & Birds
Bespoke Spa Pool Interior
Εxceptional Aesthetic Splendor
Marble interacts with Healing Environments
Four Seasons- The Surf Club, Miami
Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP
1920: Harvey Firestone and his friends saw
this land
that would become the Surf Club
R. Meier
“The whiteness of white is never just white"
Our challenge
“Pirgon returns the outer landscape into the apartments”
Master Bathroom
Thassos Snow White
Joseph Dirand
“Creating spaces that are super-generous to life”
Pelagonia Marble
“12 Mythic Marbles”
Breathing Life into Marble
Vermion White
King Midas & a Rose Garden
“The Kaleidoscope Project”
Marble’s Projectile Movement
Hellenic White Marble Quarry Pirgon
The largest in Europe
Stone Group International
The largest Group of marble Companies in Greece
82 Countries globally- Overseas Subsidiaries
“Every block of stone has a statue inside it,
and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it”
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved
until I set him free.” Michelangelo