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MIA NEWS RELEASE (PINNACLE AWARDS)
ITALBEC U.S. WINS GRANDE PINNACLE AWARD
FOR STONE WORK AT 'W' HOTEL IN SOUTH BEACH
Fourteen projects were honored by the Marble Institute of America through its annual Pinnacle Awards competition.
Cleveland, OH, November 4, 2009 — the Marble Institute of America (MIA) has announced the winners of its prestigious 2009 Pinnacle Awards competition as well as the winner of the Grande Pinnacle Award, sponsored by Marmomacc.
The 'W' Hotel in South Beach, Florida, submitted by Italbec U.S., Dania Beach, Florida, was honored with the Grande Pinnacle Award. The award was presented to Rick Watson and Fiore Vadacchino by Mauro Albano, manager of the Marmomacc Trade Show. Italbec U.S. supplied and installed over 400,000 square feet and $14.5 million worth of eight different natural stones at this new luxury hotel on Miami's South Beach.
A panel of four judges from Italy and the U.S. called the 'W' Hotel "a showroom of the use of stone and its varied patterns, colorations and textures."
Italbec U.S. received a magnificently crafted Grande Pinnacle Award designed by Tobia Scarpa of Venice, Italy. Scarpa is an award-winning architect, designer and restoration specialist whose designs have been displayed in some of the world's premier museums. In addition to the award, Italbec U.S. received an all-expense paid trip to Marmomacc 2010 in Verona, Italy.
The overall Pinnacle Awards competition honors projects that demonstrate exceptional beauty, creativity, ingenuity and craftsmanship in the use of granite, marble, travertine, limestone and other natural stones. The awards were presented at the MIA Annual Awards Luncheon at StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas in Las Vegas on October 23, 2009.
The 2009 Pinnacle Awards winners are:
- Grande Pinnacle Award and Commercial Interior Award of Excellence were presented to Italbec U.S. of Dania Beach, Florida for 'W' Hotel in South Beach, Florida.
- Commercial Exterior Award of Excellence was presented to Columbia Stone, Inc. of Tualatin, Oregon for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, California.
- Residential Interior/Exterior Award of Excellence was presented to Architectural Granite & Marble of Austin, Texas for the Bryant Residence in Austin, Texas.
- Residential Interior/Exterior Award of Merit was presented to Rugo Stone LLC of Lorton, Virginia for a private residence in Washington, DC.
- Residential Interior/Exterior Award of Merit was presented to SMG Stone Company of Sun Valley, California for a private residence in Newport Beach, California.
- Residential Interior/Exterior Special Award of Merit for Use of Stone was presented to Fordham Marble Company Inc. of Bronx, New York for a Fifth Avenue Apartment in New York, New York.
- Commercial Exterior Award of Merit was presented to KEPCO+ of Salt Lake City, Utah for the Sun Valley Music Pavilion in Sun Valley, Idaho.
- Commercial Exterior Award of Merit was presented to Connecticut Stone Supplies of Milford, Connecticut for Bailey Plaza at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
- Commercial Exterior Award of Merit was presented to two MIA member companies Bestview International of Wood Dale, Illinois and Caffall Tile and Stone Company, Inc. of Salt Lake City, Utah for Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple in South Jordan, Utah.
- Commercial Interior Award of Merit was presented to Wilkstone, LLC of Paterson, New Jersey for One Bryant Park in New York, New York.
- Commercial Interior Award of Merit was presented to Carnevale & Lohr Inc. of Bell Gardens, California for Maguire Lobby in Los Angeles, California.
- Commercial Interior Award of Merit was presented to Rugo Stone LLC of Lorton, Virginia for Morrison & Foerster LLP in Washington, DC.
- Renovation/Restoration Award of Merit was presented to J.C. Stone, Inc. of Jefferson, Maine for the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick, Maine.
Serving as judges for the Pinnacle Awards competition were the following: Christian R. Pongratz, of Pongratz Perbellini Architects, Verona, Italy; Peter A. Follett, AIA, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, New Haven, Connecticut; David Meyer, Meyer + Silberberg Land Architects, Berkeley, California; and Jim Hogan, Carrara Marble Company of America, Inc., City of Industry, California and MIA immediate past president.
To view a copy of the 2009 Pinnacle Awards brochure which depicts the winning entries, or to see the actual awards presentation, please go to http://www.marble-institute.com/awards.
About the Marble Institute of America
For over 65 years the Marble Institute of America (MIA) has been the world's leading information resource and advocate for the natural stone industry. MIA members include marble, granite, limestone, sandstone and other natural stone producers and quarries, fabricators, installers, distributors and contractors around the world.
Mauro Albano, Manager Marmomacc Trade Show presenting the award
to Fiore Vadacchino and Rick Watson of Italbec U.S.
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