Our congratulations to the Authors: Burgos & Garrido | Porras La Casta | Rubio & Álvarez-Sala Arquitectos | West8Ginés Garrido (Project Director) and to the whole Project Team of this great Project in which we have been able to participate: MADRID RIO. I Premio Arquitectura con Eñe, best Public Space project in the category “Piedras de Arte”.
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During 2016 Granilouro has participated in several international events, focusing its presence in Verona, in the main world stone event: ‘Marmomacc 2016’ where we have not missed the appointment since 2014. With trade missions in Batimatec (Algiers), Dubai Middle East or London Build, we have completed the year. An excellent result, which is reflected in new customers and loyalty of …
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From a block of Negro Angola we have created the world in a dimension of 1.50m in diameter and a weight with packaging of 5.700kg. This piece has taken a long manufacturing process through several machines and has been completed by the Galician artist F. Candán, who has given it a mathematical proportion. In hours we can talk about a …
Continue ReadingEl Faro de Vigo echoes our news published on facebook in which we comment on the elaboration of a world in granite. We leave here the words of José Carneiro, who wrote the article: Granilouro, with the help of the craftsman Paco Candán, sculpts a globe of 1.5 metres in diameter and 5.7 tons for a square in Frankfurt. A …
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Granilouro is one of the first companies in Europe to obtain the European Ecolabel (ECOLABEL) for natural stone hard coverings, with our products Gris Louro, Blanco Louro and Silvestre Louro. The ECOLABEL, created in 1992, is an important part of the Community policy of voluntary instruments to help companies and consumers to improve their environmental performance. It is one of …
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In recent days we have been witnessing the placement of deterrents at the entrances to large pedestrian areas in our cities, often concrete fences, which are aesthetically out of place in some beautiful surroundings.Security is important, but it can be done with elements that add content to our walks and do not detract from them.We want to make the objects …
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The Consejo Superior de Colegios de Arquitectos de España (CSCAE), has awarded the Royal Collections Museum in Madrid, by Mansilla y Tuñón Arquitectos, and the Congress Centre and Hotel in Palma de Mallorca, by Francisco Mangado, ex aequo, the 2017 Spanish Architecture Award. Our congratulations. Granilouro is, as always, proud to have participated in one of them, the Royal Collections …
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Architectural projects where the imagination of the architect is embodied, require several previous tasks of design for its elaboration and a workshop to ensure that everything fits together. An example of this are the fountains that we show you in images and located in France and Germany.
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Calzada Portuguesa is a type of floor covering used in Portuguese-speaking countries. This paving laying technique originating in Portugal, uses small irregular cobblestones usually in limestone and basalt, generally black and white, although sometimes colours such as green or blue, brown or red are seen, with which decorative motifs (which are repeated) are made using stencils. Spain, as a neighbouring …
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Four months ahead of schedule, Granilouro completed the work on Madrid’s Gran Vía, which was ready for the 2018-19 Christmas season.The pavements have been widened with Gris Louro and Negro Santiago granite, between 2.6 and 3.4 metres, depending on the section, gaining some 6,800m² of pedestrian space with interspersed planters, paved accesses for garages and custom-made curves that connect with …
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