The Truth About Sealers
High quality marble and stone, expertly selected and cut, adds opulence and sophistication to nearly any space. As with any high quality material, maintaining your marble’s original look and feel is a concern as marble is porous, and susceptible to staining and etching. One common solution to protecting and preserving marble’s integrity is the use sealers. Some suppliers will recommend a stone sealer as the ultimate form of protection without providing much information about it. Sealers can provide excellent protection, but if chosen poorly, applied at the wrong time, not...
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Zaha Hadid’s Feature Wall Shows Masterful Craftsmanship
Written by Megy Karydes from usenaturalstone.org Architects have called it futuristic and compared it to spaceships. Envisioned and designed by late renowned architect Zaha Hadid, the 520 W 28th Street residential condominium building in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood features a stunning piece of wall art carved from Grigio Brasile marble that expands 34 feet. Sting and wife Trudie Styler are reportedly renting an apartment in the upper floors of the building, while Ariana Grande and her fiancé Pete Davidson dropped $16 million for a condo in the building. Stone...
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Building Through the Covid-19 Pandemic
Covid-19 has thrown industries everywhere for a loop, but some companies in the residential and commercial construction sectors are surviving despite the chaos of the pandemic. In fact, for many at Samfet, working in 2020 has felt more or less like “business as usual” thanks to our wonderfully nimble team. Like just about everyone, we’re expecting to move forward with a “new normal” by relying on state-of-the-art technology and our rapid responses to environmental and economic changes. Here’s what we did, and are continuing to do in order to keep...
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Our most notable collaborations
Marble might be a gift from nature, but the specialists and artists behind our iconic projects are perhaps even more remarkable than the stone’s natural raw beauty. We’ve been privileged to have been able to put together an incredible team who work diligently with clients to make their visions become realities. Over the years, we’ve certainly earned our strong reputation as a leading stone supplier, which has given us the chance to collaborate with some unbelievably talented professionals. Working with some of the best architects and designers in the world...
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Our New Bespoke Division
For the past several decades, Samfet has distinguished itself as a leading stone supplier working almost exclusively on large scale, high-end projects such as luxury hotels, casinos, and condominium developments. While our large-project division will always be synonymous with our brand, we’re pleased to announce that we’ve officially entered a new market with our bespoke division – catering to premium private residential projects. The traditional model for most custom residences is to work with local contractors that have a limited breath of experience and resources. With Samfet, clients of this division will...
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