Natural Stone Institute Announces 2019 Pinnacle Awards

2.int.TonyCho DSC021587 Bryant Plaza, New York (Photo courtesy Natural Stone Institute)

LAS VEGAS — The use of natural stone in a Manhattan lobby garnered the top honor of the 2019 Pinnacle Awards from the Natural Stone Institute.

300 Grande PinnacleVeronafiere’s Chiara DeLuca, Steven Falk of Stone Truss Systems (accepting the Grande Pinnacle for Pei Cobb Freed & Partners) and 2019 Natural Stone Institute president Greg Osterhout.Pei Cobb Freed & Partners in New York received the 2019 Grande Pinnacle Award during the institute’s award ceremony here late last month during The International Surface Event (TISE).

The award for 7 Bryant Plaza came as one of 22 projects noted with the Pinnacle’s Award of Excellence.

The detailed stone-clad lobby for 7 Bryant Park, a 30-story office building in midtown Manhattan, echoes an exterior conical motif through the arrangement and detailing of the stone elements. Mocha Crème limestone is used for the walls and Moleanos limestone for the floors, with accents of Calacatta Caldia marble and Jet Mist granite.

Limestone was chosen as the primary stone for its warmth, richness, and light tone, with richly grained white marble and black granite adding contrast.

The 2010 Pinnacle Award winners, and respective institute honorees, are:

Grande Pinnacle

7 Bryant Park
New York
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, New York

Architectural Carving/Lettering/Sculpture

Arizona State University Barrett & O’Connor Washington Center
Washington
Las Vegas Rock, Jean, Nev.

Pride of the Muslims Mosque
Shali, Russia
FHL Kiriakidis Group, Drama, Greece

Commercial Exterior

Church Street United Methodist Church Expansion
Knoxville, Tenn.
Tennessee Marble Company, Friendsville, Tenn.

La Grande Arche de la Défense
Paris
Polycor Inc., Québec City

Hartford Connecticut Temple
Farmington, Conn.
Dan Lepore & Sons Company, Conshohocken, Pa.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple
Oklahoma City
IMS Masonry, Lindon, Utah

Mall & Train Station
Wuppertal, Germany
VM Kaldorf, Titting-Kaldorf, Germany

Commercial Interior

100 Bishopsgate
London
Euromarble, Carrara, Italy

Chapel of the Holy Cross
Tampa, Fla.
Booms Stone Company, Redford, Mich.

Dallas High-Rise
Dallas
Dee Brown Inc., Richardson, Texas

Frost Tower
San Antonio
Camarata Masonry Systems, Houston

Public Landscapes/Parks/Memorials

Drexel Square
Philadelphia
CED Stone North America, Montréal

Miracle Mile and Giralda Avenue Streetscape
Coral Gables, Fla.
Earl Jackson Architecture Workshop, Allenhurst, N.J.

Renovation/Restoration

645 Fifth Avenue, Olympic Tower
New York
Continental Marble, Bohemia, N.Y.

Christ Cathedral
Garden Grove, Calif.
Carnevale & Lohr, Bell Gardens, Calif.

LondonHouse Hotel
Chicago
Galloy & Van Etten, Chicago,

Saint Catherine of Siena Sanctuary Alteration
Trumbull, Conn.
Bybee Stone Company, Ellettsville, Ill.

Residential—Single Family

Boch Garden Pavilion
Norwood, Mass.
Kenneth Castellucci & Associates, Lincoln, R.I.
Coldspring, Cold Spring, Minn.
Piero Zanella, Verona, Italy

Hinsdale Residence
Hinsdale, Ill.
Galloy & Van Etten, Chicago

L.A. Residence
Los Angeles
Carnevale & Lohr, Bell Gardens, Calif.

Private Residence
Highland Park, Texas
Dee Brown Inc., Richardson, Texas

Sponsors of the 2019 Pinnacles are: Marmomac (Grande Pinnacle Award), MAPEI (Commercial Awards), GranQuartz (Residential Awards), and Coldspring (Renovation/Restoration Awards).

A full pictorial of the 2019 Pinnacle Award winners will be featured in the March/April edition of Stone Update Magazine.


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