The new generation sustainable surfaces that will rock your interiors
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Cosentino • PHOTOGRAPHY Jody D’Arcy • STORY Elizabeth Clarke
A uniquely beautiful stone slab is a timeless choice for making a strong statement, and when it comes to speccing surfaces in the kitchen, bathroom or living spaces, nothing beats the luxurious look of marble. Its strong veining, vivid colours and expressive swirls transform everyday surfaces into stunning showpieces.
However, with natural stones like granite and marble considered non-renewable due to their energy-intensive extraction and manufacturing processes, architects and designers constantly search for creative solutions that embrace marble's beauty, durability and longevity but with less environmental impact.
Enter Cosentino, the world's leading hybrid mineral surface manufacturer, known for over 30 years for creating seamless, elegant, eco-friendly solutions for luxury architectural and interior design projects.
The jewel in the surface brand's crown is its cutting-edge Silestone range. Created using groundbreaking HybriQ/HybriQ+ Technology®, it uses 100 per cent renewable energy and a circular system of continuous filtration that ensures 99 per cent recycled wastewater with zero water waste. Its formulation of premium raw materials such as quartz, minerals and recycled material creates sumptuous marble-look effects, colours and finishes.
Silestone boasts superior high-performance properties. It embraces marble’s beauty and longevity but with reduced environmental impact and higher durability, allowing it to resist stains and scratches. It also contains less than 40 percent crystalline silica, which is below the threshold set by the Victorian government on high-risk engineered stone.
Silestone surfaces are beautiful to look at and superior in adaptability and practicality. Seamless, scratch-resistant and anti-bacterial, they combine the pinnacles of innovation, sustainability, high performance and design to deliver truly extraordinary results. Silestone surfaces are low-maintenance and adaptable enough for kitchen and bathroom cladding, floors, benchtops, basins and shower trays, and are a starting point for any creative endeavour. Large-format slabs of up to 3250 x 1590mm in 20mm and 12mm thicknesses, available in polished and suede finishes, open Silestone up to endless design possibilities.
Choose from a collection that draws inspiration from nature, European design and contemporary styling. Silestone's Ethereal collection looks to the clouds with its deep, delicate veining set on a white foundation. Sunlit Days, the brand's first entirely carbon-neutral line, travels to the Mediterranean with a palette of earthy terracotta, deep sea blue, gentle green and sun-baked neutrals. The Loft series embraces contemporary industrial style, referencing the look of blackened steel and well-worn cement, making it a renewable alternative to concrete. The full range of low silica colours is available nationwide.
Along with high quality, style, and sustainability comes peace of mind with a 25-year transferable warranty, making Silestone incomparable and the ultimate low-silica surface material for your home.
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