2009 Pinnacle Awards

Award of Merit / Commercial Exterior
Sun Valley Music Pavilion
Sun Valley, Idaho

Stone Installer: KEPCO+, Salt Lake City (honoree, MIA member)
Client and Owner: Sun Valley Co., Sun Valley, Idaho
Architect: Ruscitto/Latham/Blanton Architectura P.A., Sun Valley, Idaho
General Contractor: Intermountain Construction Inc., Idaho Falls, Idaho
Stone Supplier and Fabricator: Mariotti Carlo & Figli S.p.a., Tivoli Terme, Italy
Stone: Este Light Roman travertine

Approximately 33,000 ft² of split-faced Roman Travertine makes up the majority of the stonework, with an unfilled honed finish used on the stone caps and ends of site walls. The joints between the stones were left open to enhance the rugged aesthetics, while also facilitating the escape of any moisture from behind the stone. The structure only incorporates one straight wall – the rest of the walls are radial, and each one has a different radius.

All of the travertine was cross-cut, and a typical cleft stone weighs approximately 160 lbs and is 14 5/8” X 29 5/8” in size. A total of 12,002 individual travertine pieces were installed, with stone thicknesses varying from 4cm to 11cm.

Award of Merit / Commercial Exterior
Bailey Plaza – Cornell University
Ithaca, N.Y.

Stone Supplier: Connecticut Stone Supplies, Milford, Conn. (honoree, MIA member)
Architect: Michael Van Valkenburg Associates Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Stone Installers: Syrstone, North Syracuse, N.Y.; Ithaca Stone Setting
General Contractor: LeChase Construction, Rochester, N.Y.
Stone: Hamilton bluestone, Portage bluestone

The pathways are lined with natural-cleft and thermal-finish bluestone – a resilient type of locally quarried shale-dense stone. The pivotal architectural element of the plaza is a Hamilton bluestone fountain, a 50’ outcropping of layered stone slabs sloping up from ground level at almost 45°, with gently seeping waters mimicking nearby gorges.

Award of Merit / Commercial Exterior
Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple
South Jordan, Utah

Stone Supplier: Bestview International, Wood Dale, Ill. (honoree, MIA member)
Stone Installer: Caffall Tile and Stone Co. Inc., Salt Lake City (honoree, MIA member)
Architect: Naylor Wentworth Lund Architects, Salt Lake City
General Contractor: Okland Construction Company Inc., Salt Lake City
Stone: Uinta Gold granite, Wyndam Grey granite, Grey Classic granite

The project is clad in Uinta Gold granite in honed and river-washed finishes; it’s the first Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints temple project to incorporate a darker-colored stone. More than 11,300 cubic feet of stone were used; there are 18 sets of intricately carved flank columns at the windows, along with two tulip-shaped carved planters at the entrance weighing more than 7,000 lbs each. The project also includes Wyndam Grey and Classic Grey granites for the paving.

Award of Merit / Commercial Interior
One Bryant Park
New York

Stone Fabricator and Installer: Wilkstone, LLC, Paterson, N.J. (honoree, MIA member)
Architect: Cook + Fox Architects, New York
Developers: The Durst Organization, New York; Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C.
Construction Manager: Tishman Construction Corp., New York
Stone: Jerusalem Gray limestone, Kashmir White granite

The first skyscraper designed to achieve a U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy & Environment Design™ (LEED®) Platinum rating includes a 9,000 ft² main-lobby featuring walls consisting of varying sized pieces of Jerusalem Gray limestone. The slabs, shipped from Israel, were fabricated in the Wilkstone shop using digital photos marked up by the architect to indicate the acceptable, useable areas for each piece. Each stone is individually supported with stainless steel clips.

Another key component is more than 40,000 ft² of Kashmir White granite paving, quarried and fabricated in India. For interior public spaces, the floor paving piece sizes primarily consist of 60” x 30” with a 1-1/4” thickness. All of the granite paving pieces were dry-laid at Wilkstone’s fabrication facility prior to installation for approval by the architect and owner.

Award of Merit / Commercial Interior
Maguire Lobby
Los Angeles

Stone Contractor and Supplier: Carnevale & Lohr Inc., Bell Gardens, Calif. (honoree, MIA member)
Owner: Maguire Properties, Los Angeles
Architect: Aref and Associates
Consultant: Trade International Inc., Atlanta (MIA member)
General Contractor: Corporate Contractors, Monterey Park, Calif.
Stone: Piana Carrara marble, Thassos marble, Mount Airy granite

A remodel of the entry and elevator lobby of the 45-story KPMG office in Los Angeles included 20’ high walls, columns, and ceilings, with the upper portion including 7,500 ft² of white Neoparies crystallized glass panels and the lower portion encompassing 5,800 ft² of Piana Carrara marble – with some panels as large as 6’ long by 3.5’ tall). The stone is installed on a special frame allowing it to “float” 8” from the Neoparies upper wall and the base course below. The project also has 3,800 ft² of Mount Airy granite flooring, with white Neoparies borders.

The Piana Carrara marble used on the project was hand selected for color and character at the quarry in Italy by the architect, building owner, and Carnevale and Lohr. Every panel was inspected and photographed in Italy by Carnevale and Lohr to ensure consistency with the criteria set out in the selection visit. Any change in shading in the marble panels was blended to create a seamless look.

Award of Merit / Commercial Interior
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Washington

Stone Supplier and Installer: Rugo Stone LLC, Lorton, Va. (honoree, MIA member)
Client: Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington
Architect: Mancini•Duffy Architects, New York
General Contractor: HITT Contracting Inc., Falls Church, Va.
Stone Fabricators: Stone Source, New York (MIA member); A. Grebelsky & Son, Har Tuv, Israel
Stone: Ramon Grey Gold limestone, Concordia quartzite

A four-story open glass stairwell includes side walls clad in 2” thick Ramon Grey Gold limestone, quarried outside of Jerusalem, with a hand-chiseled finish. The paving stone at the various levels is a honed black quartzite material quarried in China.

The limestone support system required a cantilevered system at each floor level allowing for incremental floor deflection. Rugo installed each floor up to the last course height, and then waited for deflection with the new imposed load of limestone from above. Once this occurred, and the bottom course of the above floor reached is deepest settlement point, the top course of limestone could be installed on the floor below. This approach allowed for minimal deflection joints, which were concealed by using a sand dust sealant joint which looks like a true pointed Portland cement joint.