2010 Pinnacle Awards: Intercontinental Excellence

Three projects from Bangkok, Thailand, joined an assortment of other work in North America in the annual award program from the Marble Institute of America.

The competition honors projects that demonstrate exceptional beauty, creativity, ingenuity and craftsmanship in the use of granite, marble, travertine, limestone and other natural stones.

Mankato Kasota Stone Inc. took the top prize – the Grande Pinnacle Award, sponsored by Marmomacc and MAPEI Corporation – for its work on Fortaleza Hall and the Commons Building at the S.C. Johnson headquarters in Racine, Wis. Mankato Kasota received an award designed by Tobia Scarpa of Venice, Italy, plus an all-expense paid trip to Marmomacc 2011 this September in Verona, Italy.

Judges for the 2010 Pinnacles were Christian R. Pongratz of Pongratz Perbellini Architects, Verona, Italy; John Cook, FAIA, of HGA Architects and Engineers, Minneapolis; Edward Farr of Edward Farr Architects Inc., Eden Prairie, Minn.; and Guido Gliori, Grazzini Brothers & Company, Eagan, Minn., and MIA immediate past president.

The honors were presented during the MIA’s annual Awards Luncheon at StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas in Las Vegas in late January.

Award winners are featured on the following pages. All photos courtesy of the Marble Institute of America.