2015 MIA Pinnacle Deadline Approaches

OBERLIN, Ohio – The deadline for the 2015 Marble Institute of America (MIA) Pinnacle Awards is coming up soon on July 31.

MIA pinnacles smallThe Pinnacle Awards competition for excellence in natural stone, recognizes projects worldwide in the following categories:

  • Commercial Interior
  • Commercial Exterior
  • Residential Interior/Exterior
  • Renovation/Restoration
  • Kitchen of the Year (NEW FOR 2015)
  • Bath of the Year (NEW FOR 2015)

In addition to Pinnacle Awards of Merit and Excellence, one Grande Pinnacle Award winner will be selected. The winner of this year’s Grande Pinnacle Award will receive a trip to Verona, Italy, next year to attend the Marmomacc stone trade event.

All MIA member companies are eligible to enter. Projects must adhere to MIA technical and design standards.

Winners will receive publicity via an MIA awards brochure distributed at the 2016 StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas convention and the potential for further publicity through a variety of highly-respected industry media outlets. Winners will also be displayed on the MIA website, which receives more than one million hits each month.

Past MIA president, Tony Malisani, said: “We see MIA members and the design community pushing the envelope of what can be fashioned with natural stone,” said Tony Malisani, past MIA president. “It is truly remarkable.”

Pinnacle Award 2014 winner Tiffany Aryeh of Amalfi Stone & Masonry Inc., said that, “it is an honor to be among so much talent and be part of a group of projects that represents exceptional stone work around the globe.”

The 2015 Pinnacle Awards are sponsored by Marmomacc (Grande Pinnacle award), MAPEI (Commercial awards), GranQuartz (Residential awards), and Coldspring (Renovation/Restoration awards).

Visit www.marble-institute.com/awards/pinnacle-awards for more information.

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