Porphyry and the value of distinctive paving materials
Stone pavers like porphyry and its more expensive granite cousin are being designed into numerous places in Toronto. This blog has previously highlighted the wonderful designs and work by WaterFront Toronto, now the nearby entertainment district is re-imagining one of their main streets. Distinctive paving materials and patterns are a necessary part of the project […]
Porphyry spotlights Via Manin project
The Porphyry setts, used on Via Manin are unique in terms of physical, chemical, geological and mineralogical properties with features that distinguish it from all other stones. Via Manin is located in the heart of Mestre. It is an important road that ends up in Piazza Ferretto, the elegant center of this Veneto city. Via […]
Porphyry Salutes Michael Van Valkenburg Associates
Porphyry paving stone, with its natural beauty and physical qualities is a material that will enhance Austin’s Waller Creek project. “Waller Creek represents the largest urban creek in the nation to undergo the level of transformation the conservancy envisions. This project will completely transform how disconnected entities and interests relate and interact with each other. […]
Porphyry Salutes Michael Van Valkenburg Associates
Porphyry paving stone, with its natural beauty and physical qualities is a material that will enhance Austin’s Waller Creek Project.
Porphyry Paving and Milner Plaza
Porphyry paving is used throughout this expansive outdoor area in Santa Fe. Named for Edwina and Charles Milner, supporters of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, Milner Plaza anchors four world class museums at the top of a hill just outside downtown Santa Fe. Four world-class museums that present the art, history and culture of […]
Porphyry History
Article about porphyry’s historic use, discovery, and use as paving by the Romans
Porphyry on the Champs-Elysees
Photo Credit Vigal Veia If you watched with millions of others, the final stage of the Tour De France, you saw the peloton on the Champs-Elysees. You saw the riders on the Belgian Porphyry that is laid here in an overlapping arc pattern. The Avenue des Champs-Elysees is one of the most famous streets […]
