MIA Announces Pinnacle Award Winners

MIA pinnacle winnerThe Marble Institute of America (MIA) announced the winners of the it annual Pinnacle Awards competition, which recognize excellence in commercial, residential and renovation/restoration of natural stone projects worldwide. Projects selected as winners must demonstrate exceptional beauty, creativity, ingenuity and craftsmanship in the use of granite, marble and other natural stones. Sponsors of the Pinnacle Awards are: MAPEI for the Commercial Awards; Blanco for the Residential Awards; and Coldspring for the Renovation/Restoration Awards. The competition is open to MIA members around the world.

The MIA also presented the 7th annual Grande Pinnacle Award, sponsored by Marmomacc. A Grande Pinnacle Award was also presented to the architect involved with the winning project. The Grande Pinnacle Award winner was Stones and Roses International Company Ltd. of Samutprakarn, Thailand, for the amazing Residential Interior/Exterior work on the Navathani Residence in Bangkok. Traditional Thai homes are usually built as a cluster of physically separated rooms arranged around a large central terrace. Interpreting the traditional typology of the Thai houses, the Navathani Residence consists in two parallel wings, separated by a large garden and a swimming pool. The objective of the stone architecture is to give a sense of unity and blend the building with trees, plants and other natural landscape. The choice of Thai travertine was selected for the main stone for the interior space and the stone featured on the façade changed to a minimalist grey basalt.

The architectural firm of Architects49 House Design Limited of Bangkok, architect for this project, was also presented with a Grande Pinnacle Award.

The Other Pinnacle Award winners were:
• Commercial Interior Award of Excellence to Las Vegas Rock Inc., Jean, Nev., for the Antero Resources Corporation in Denver, Colo.
• Commercial Exterior Award of Excellence to Las Vegas Rock Inc., Jean, Nev., for the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Headquarters in Agoura Hills, Calif.
• Commercial Exterior Award of Excellence to Kenneth Castellucci & Associates Inc. of Lincoln, R.I. for the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, Mass.
• Commercial Interior of Merit to Rugo Stone, LLC, Lorton, Va., for the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
• Commercial Interior Award of Merit to Appomattox Tile Art Co, Petersburg, Va., for the Petersburg Public Library Medallion in Petersburg, Va..
• Commercial Interior Award of Merit to Amalfi Stone & Masonry, Inc., Sun Valley, Calif., for Celine in Beverly Hills, Calif.
• Commercial Exterior Award of Merit to Carnevale & Lohr, Inc., Bell Gardens, Calif., for the Film Archive and Preservation Center in Santa Clarita, Calif.
• Commercial Exterior Award of Merit to Creative Edge Master Shop, Inc., Fairfield, Iowa, for Spotlight on Broadway Map, Times Square in New York, N.Y.
• Residential Interior/Exterior Award of Merit to Stones and Roses International Co. Ltd., Samutprakarn, Thailand, for the Residence Bangsen in Chonburi, Thailand.
• Residential Interior/Exterior Award of Merit to Picasso Tile & Stonework, Tempe, Ariz., for Hadstan in Paradise Valley, Ariz.
• Renovation/Restoration Award of Merit to Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., Houston, Texas, for Capital One Plaza in Houston, Texas.
• Commercial Interior Special Pinnacle Award of Merit for Architectural Element to KEPCO+, Salt Lake City, Utah, for the Nu Skin Innovation Center in Provo, Utah.

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