Walker Zanger Merits Maceal Award

LOS ANGELES – Prime Minister of Spain Mariano Rajoy recognized stone-and-tile company Walker Zanger with a prestigious Macael Award for using Andalusian marble within the new Prudential Financial office tower in Newark, N.J.

Click photo to enlargePresented in Macael, Spain, the 2015 award was the only one given for a North American project. Walker Zanger was one of only two companies to be personally awarded by the prime minister.

“It was an honor to accept the International Award for North America from Prime Minister Rajoy on behalf of Walker Zanger. We can only imagine how many projects from North America were in the running,” said Jonathan Zanger, Walker Zanger president. “The builders for this iconic New Jersey building sourced the stone based on its quality, physical attributes, and aesthetic characteristics—particularly the way the Blanco Beatriz sparkles in the light-filled atrium.”

Walker Zanger— one of the world’s most-comprehensive stone and tile company—provided approximately 80,000 ft² of Blanco Beatriz marble for the building’s lobby walls, server walls, elevator lobby walls and full cladding for the centerpiece of the 20-story interior atrium. Additionally, 30,000 ft² of Nimbus Grey paving was used for the lobby floor and exterior floor and base, and 5,000 ft² of Bianco Fino marble was used for the first-floor elevator lobby.

As a result of the project’s success, Walker Zanger now stocks varieties of Blanco Macael marble.

The company also supplied more than 50,000 ft²of porcelain tile for the bathrooms and elevator lobbies—one for each floor of the 20-story, state-of-the-art, eco-friendly building—which were designed by the world-renowned architectural firm Kohn Pederson Fox.

The Macael Awards were created in 1985 to recognize professionals in a variety of industries including craft, design and architecture that contribute to projects in the natural stone sector. The Macael Awards have become the most important event for the natural stone industry, honoring international projects in several categories over the past 29 years.

To learn more about Walker Zanger and its awards, please visit walkerzanger.com.

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