Marmoreal by Max Lamb for Dzek is a terrazzo consisting of around 95% marble and 5% polyester resin binder. It is made with marble waste in large chunks. Rosso Verona, Giallo Mori, and Verde Alpi are the three Italian marbles featured. Bianco Verona is used to create the white-background version, and Grigio Carnico is used for the black-background version. Image Dzek.

Earthic by Silestone (Cosentino) is a solid surface material for counter tops and cladding made with 30% recycled material. With a maximum of 10% silica, it contains recycled glass, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) polyester, bio-based polyurethane resin (bio-PUR) and Dekton fragments (sintered stone). Additionally, it’s manufactured with 99% recycled water and 100% renewable energy.

Earthic by Silestone (Cosentino) is a solid surface material for counter tops and cladding made with 30% recycled material. With a maximum of 10% silica, it contains recycled glass, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) polyester, bio-based polyurethane resin (bio-PUR) and Dekton fragments (sintered stone). Additionally, it’s manufactured with 99% recycled water and 100% renewable energy.

Dekton sintered stone bathroom, with embedded faux marble print in an epoxy top layer. Produced by Cosentino.

Dekton sintered stone countertop, with embedded faux marble print in an epoxy top layer. Produced by Cosentino.

Dekton sintered stone samples, with embedded faux marble print in an epoxy top layer. Produced by Cosentino.

Silestone engineered quartz artificial stone sink produced by Cosentino. The patterns and effects run through the thickness of the slab, so the surface can be cut and polished and the pattern remains.

Silestone engineered quartz artificial stone counter top produced by Cosentino. The patterns and effects run through the thickness of the slab, so the surface can be cut and polished and the pattern remains.

Silestone engineered quartz artificial stone counter top produced by Cosentino. The patterns and effects run through the thickness of the slab, so the surface can be cut and polished and the pattern remains.

ReformCPH kitchen cabinet. Designed by Muller Van Severen, Match uses extruded sheets of colourful high density polyethylene (HDPE) for the cabinet fronts and, in this example, a Calacatta viola marble worktop and splash-back.

Kizu table lamp, by Lars Tornøe for New Works, features a Pacific Grey marble base and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), acrylic, diffuser.

Kizu table lamp, by Lars Tornøe for New Works, features a Bianco Carrara marble base and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), acrylic, diffuser.

Pygmalion and Galathea by Auguste Rodin, 1889, in carved marble.
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Marble, Slab

Accura's headquarters in Nordhavn, Copenhagen, by Danielsen Architecture, completed 2023. The cladding is Polaris stone, a bright white marble quarried in Greece. It was cut and prepared by Nielsens Mekaniske Stenhuggeri.
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Marble, Slab

Marquina black marble fireplace surround, with its distinctive fine white veins.
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Marble, Slab

Machined marble bowls for salt and pepper.
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Marble, Slab

The Parthenon temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, built around 2,500 years ago, is made entirely from Pentelic marble quarried nearby.
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Marble, Slab

PK54 table, by Poul Kjærholm for Fritz Hansen, features a rolled grey Fior di Bosco marble top.
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Marble, Slab

Belgian Marbles Surfboards, by Reena Spaulings, 2009, machined and honed from Portoro (black) and Rosa Portogallo (pinkish-white).
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Marble, Slab

Interior, Istanbul, cut from Dolomite white marble.
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Marble, Slab

Skylight over the polished marble stucco stairwell linking the galleries of the Glyptotek, Copenhagen. The Henning Larsen building was inaugurated in 1996 for the Glyptotek’s collection of modern painting. The wall covering by Ampio uses stucco lustro, an age-old Italian technique that creates a bright reflective interior surface. The material for stucco lustro is a mixture of slaked lime and crushed marble. It may be dyed to obtain different colours and mixed with mother of pearl, black sand, gold leaf or other natural additives to obtain a specific effects.