Major innovations for Marmomacc 2012

Starting off with an entire area in Hall 7B, Inside Marmomacc -where many installations, design projects and exhibitions will be staged, in addition to customary events such as the Marble Forum, non-stop conferences, lectures, conventions and exhibitions involving Faculties of Architecture and Design.

Innovations also get going with Architects-on-line, a computerised matching system whereby Italian. The news continues with up a series of appointments with a selected group of architects from 17 countries including the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, South Africa, India, Germany, Russia, Japan and Sweden.

The Marmomacc Architecture and Design Competition 2012 also makes its debut. This competition, developed in collaboration with Archi-Europe, seeks to valorise young talent among 180,000 architects all over the world by rewarding Marmomacc Lab, on the other hand, will teach how the quality of stone can be appreciated even only through touch, thanks to a sensorial-emotional workshop created together with the Marble Services Centre.

Marmomacc and the City, lastly, brings the city itself alive during the exhibition: the squares of Verona will welcome companies exhibiting at Marmomacc and their works in stone. The event is organised in collaboration with the Verona Order of Architects and Verona City Council.

Marmomacc through focus events, shows and conventions, the show has helped reveal applications of excellence for natural stones and marbles, confirming its calibre as the most qualified cultural workshop for trends in the world of architecture and design.

Inclusion as of 2011 in the Gold Compass Award ADI collection is the most authoritative testimony of how Marmomacc@¬#s activities in the research and experimentation field with natural stone is by now an established landmark for sector experts, buyers and visitors.

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