Piasentina architectural limestone

A modern, natural, light grey limestone

: beauty, strength, durability, workability. The Piasentina Stone stands out among the other stones for its qualities and unique color. One of the characteristic features of this stone is its low water absorption, making it ideal for urban paving and architectural covers. It allows you to create different finishes and surface textures using ancient traditional techniques and tools, adding unique value to each and every project where it is used. Depending on how it is worked, the Piasentina Stone responds with different tactile and chromatic effects, creating endless combinations from one single material. Different thicknesses are also available, for all kinds of uses. The Piasentina Stone is a material without equal, whose geographic origins and geological and technical attributes are guaranteed internationally with the CE mark by Iaconcig.

Italian design and marbles

: after quarrying, the Piasentina limestone blocks are graded again and sorted according to their intended use, before being roughly squared. This preliminary step allows us to both prepare the raw material for later operations, but it also allows us to detect possible imperfections. Even if today the process is largely mechanized, the human element is essential when working Piasentina limestone. It is the skill of our craftspeople that allows us to select the right thickness, the correct grain, and remove, slowly and surely, any defect from the stone, until we arrive to a material of absolute excellence. We offer both semi–finished products for the construction industry, as well as fully–finished products with a wide range of surface finishes, including brushed, flamed, polished, rough–sawn, or inspired by the ancient art of local stonemasons, or with material or geometrical textures.

History of Piasentina stone

: the geological origins of the Piasentina limestone and its millennial history as a building material are deeply connected to a unique geographical area in Europe: the Julian Prealps area, on the border between Italy and Slovenia. Here, towards the late Jurassic period (about 145 million years ago) the Northern Adriatic seabed rose, creating a very special geological area. With its unmistakable light grey color, sometimes verging towards brown or reddish, or maybe just tinged with white, the Piasentina limestone emerges and outcrops along the slopes of the Natisone Valleys, through forests, meadows and vineyards. The quarries were first used by the Romans for the construction of the nearby Cividale, the ancient Forum Iulii founded by Julius Caesar in the 1st century BC. They were then used during the time of the Lombards in the 9th century and throughout the ages for countless purposes: from churches to palaces and villas, from farmhouses to road pavings. Unknown craftsmen and the most famous names in the history of architecture have used it, including the Renaissance genius Andrea Palladio and the Art Nouveau architect Raimondo D’Aronco, all the way to the architectural and design projects of the 21st century.

Emptystudio full-service interior furnishings

: Iaconcig's exclusive Piasentina limestone and Emptystudio teamed up to offer the best quality products to consumers and professionals. Emptystudio offer high-end interior design full-service in New York and Miami. Our portfolio includes a curated selections of the best Italian design products and brands, including:

• > Edoné bathroom vanities
• > Keycucine bespoke kitchens
• > HenryGlass modern interior doors
• > Prof office furniture
• > Cea faucets and taps
• > contemporary furnishings for consumers, architects and general contractors.