Do you know

... you cannot cultivate stone ?

... the ornamental stone sector respects the environment ?

... stone possesses exceptional qualities for construction ?

... ornamental stone is an important source of natural wealth for the Walloon Region ?

... stone is a contemporary, attractive material ?

... building with stone is more economical ?

... the extraction of ornamental stone is at the source of a vast industrial sector ?

... the ornamental stone sector provides thousands of jobs ?

... the Walloon Region is a centre of excellence ?

... stone from the Walloon region is exported ?

... stone plays its part in the global policy of sustainable development ?

... stoneworking is a job for specialists ?

... stone is a contemporary, attractive material ?

In addition to their properties as a building material, our native stones offer a wide variety of textures and colours. Used for coating, finishes and decoration, but also for structural purposes, stones number among the materials preferred by architects, who continue to choose them for their intrinsic qualities, making judicious selections according to each specific usage. Moreover, native stones play a vital part in the policy of integrating new constructions and contemporary architecture into the built environment.