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Designing with Stone - Portugal 
International Design Conference on Designing with Natural Stone

June 1-7, 2025  in Portugal

About.

What is "DESIGNING WITH STONE PORTUGAL - 2025"?

It is an International Architectural Conference on Designing with Natural Stone.   This conference is sponsored by the STONE TRENDS INTERNATIONAL , an international consulting group specializing in independent stone consulting for commercial projects.

Attendees:
This conference is owned and organized by Stone Trends International, a stone consulting group with consultants in 9 leading  countries of stone production.  

The 2025 conference will be limited to 25 participants.  Priority participants will be:  Architects, Interior Designers, General Contractors, and Stone Installers that are currently contracted with LDS Temples in the North American area.  Participants will be able to bring a guest depending on availability of seats on the bus. 
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​Location of Conference:
Portugal / June 1-7, 2025

We will start in Porto Portugal on June 1 and end in Lisbon Portugal on June 7.
Airports are:
Porto: Francisco Sa Carneiro Airport (OPO)
Lisbon: Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)


Organizer and Sponsor of the Conference:
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25Stone Trends
International

22211 Vanowen Street
Canoga Park, California USA
[email protected]
www.StoneTrendsInternational.com

Our 2025 Platinum sponsors for the conference :
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LSI Website
LSI Stone 
Leiria, PORTUGAL
​Platinum Sponsor

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Picco Website
Picco Engineering
Concord Ontario, CANADA
​Platinum Sponsor


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ALS Website
GRIDWORX website
ALS - Aire Limestones
Alcobaca, PORTUGAL
​Platinum Sponsor
Grridworx
Dallas, Texas
​​Platinum Sponsor
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Global website
Global Stone & Tile
Vineyard, UT
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​Platinum Sponsor
Gold Sponsors (Quarry Visit)
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Polimagra Website
Polimagra
Moimenta da Beira, Portugal
Gold Sponsors
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7 Days in Portugal...
​June 1 - 7, 2025: 
 A total immersion course in Natural Stone Design: from quarry visits to factory demonstrations to case studies.  There will be a welcome dinner in Porto and a final dinner in Lisbon where major Portuguese stone suppliers and fabricators will be invited to  join us.

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Attendess

20

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Speakers

14

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Factory Visits

3

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Quarry Visits

2

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The Team.

The Study group will be accompanied by  international stone industry consultants that specialize in the sourcing, selection, testing and inspection of Natural Stone for commercial Projects.  The combined team of Vince and Maggie Marazita bring a lot of stone industry experience from their international projects to share with the participants of the conference.  Vince Marazita co-authored a Design Guide available to architects and interior designers of LDS Temples and Maggie Marazita has been the Conference Director of 7 international Stone Conferences since she began working with Stone Trends International.  We are especially honored to have with us Dave Richards from the Church.   For more information about Vince Marazita or Maggie Marazita, feel free to follow the links below:
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Vince Marazita, Owner
Stone Trends International 
www.StoneTrendsInternational.com
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Maggie Marazita, Conference Director
Stone Trends International
Dave Richards
Special Guest
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
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Bom Dia!

We hope to see you in Portugal!

Porto. Alcobaca. Leiria. Lisbon.

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