Marble vs Granite

Granite or Marble?

That is the question burning through every new homebuyer or remodele’s dreams.The ultimate answer is: Yes, please,some of both! But to understand  which applications are best for which stone variety, we first need to understand a little more about the stone themselves.

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Marble vs Granite

Nero Portoro

Fascination of Black & Gold

Marble is from the Greek word for SHINING STONE. Architecturally, marble is a term applied to any metamorphosed limestone or serpentine rock which is able to be polished. The crystalline structure of marble gives it its beauty. It is heat and scratch resistance is far better than any other solid surface material.

Nero Portoro is a black marble from Italy. It is naturally elegant, easy to work with and strong material. Nero Portoro have special gold color with dark black background. This is makes it an exclusive and expensive marble. There is only one active quarry of Nero Portoro still working today which makes it an extremely limited material.

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Nero Portoro

“Ramset”

One of the usually tools we are using in construction renovation is come from “RAMSET” manufacture.

In 1952, Siddons Drop Forgings Limited, a company founded by John Siddons secured the rights to the world’s first commercially viable powder actuated fixing system.

The new company, Ramset™ Fasteners (Aust.) Pty  Limited was destined to become a leader in developing,  manufacturing and supplying the latest technology for  the construction industry.

Principle among this technology was concrete fixing, drilling and anchoring systems as well as construction  hemicals.

By the late 1980’s, Ramset™ was an integral part of the  wholly Australian owned group, Siddons Ramset™ Limited; a diverse corporation that included leading  manufacturing, importing and distribution companies.

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“Ramset”

Alaska King Crab

Wow…. what an Alaska King crab.

Alaska King Crabs

King or stone crabs occur around the world. Commercial fisheries have existed for them in Alaska, Canada, Russia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Australia, South Georgia and Falkland Islands, Argentina, and Chile. King crabs have “tails,” or abdomens, that are distinctive, being fan-shaped and tucked underneath the rear of the shell. They also have five pairs of legs; the first bears their claws or pincers, the right claw is usually the largest on the adults, the next three pairs are their walking legs, and the fifth pair of legs are small and normally tucked underneath the rear portion of their carapace (the shell covering their back). These specialized legs are used by adult females to clean their embryos (fertilized eggs) and the male uses them to transfer sperm to the female during mating.

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Alaska King Crab

Architecture Film, The Fountainhead

King Vidor’s film adaption of the book The Fountainhead (by Ayn Rand, 1943) celebrates the achievements of the individual. Architect Howard Roark, the protagonist of the movie, is the (male) genius who strive towards self-fulfillment: he is more willing to destroy his creations rather than to subordinate – the individual struggling against forces of mediocrity. “It is an ancient conflict”, Howard Roark declaims on trial, “It has another name: ‘The individual against the collective.’”.

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Architecture Film, The Fountainhead