Colorful marble has been having a moment. Designers and homeowners have rediscovered rosy Rojo Alicante, emerald-hued Empress Green, and purple-tinged Calacatta Viola. But make no mistake: ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roddy Clarke is a UK-based design writer and speaker. Whilst the extraction of marble itself is fraught with its own environmental ...

The use of natural stone in interior design is nothing new; in fact, it’s rare to find countertops made of anything besides granite, marble, or quartzite anymore. But these popular materials are, more ...

A marble bathroom just screams luxury. When you walk into one, it feels elegant and invokes a design that makes you think of ancient Greece. This essence is of course because of the nature of marble ...

In a former 16th-century church in Vicenza, two stories come together: that of Italian Renaissance sacred architecture and that of marble, the ancient material by excellence, reinterpreted here in a ...

If you dream of marble countertops, you're probably aiming for a chic, modern, and clean-looking kitchen, but beware of this affordable yet outdated version.

One of the first “roller-coaster” rides in the U.S. was actually a short coal railway in Pennsylvania that hauled coal downhill between mines and used mules to bring the empty cars back up the hill.

Marble countertops have become the pinnacle of luxury in kitchen design, and for good reason. They are striking, versatile, and can elevate almost any scheme. This is perhaps why some of the most ...

Roller coasters rely on two types of energy to operate: gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy. Gravitational potential energy is the energy an object has stored because of its mass and its ...