2010 Pinnacle Awards: Intercontinental Excellence

Award of Merit | Residential Interior/Exterior
Krungthep Kreetha Residence
Bangkok, Thailand

Click photo to enlargeStone Supplier, Stone Fabricator, Stone Installer: Stones and Roses International Co. Ltd., Bangpla Bangplee, Samutprakam, Thailand (honoree, MIA member)
Client, General Contractor: World Trade and Accommodation
Architect: A49
Stone: Light Brown sandstone, Blue Gray slate

In dealing with the structure’s non-orthogonal angles, broken lines and arch-shape windows, grey slate cladding is used in a rough-ground finish away from the standard natural-cleft surface, promoting the slate as an all application building stone. The large roofs, set below the two parallel balconies, are paved with 300mm X 1200 mm (11.8” X 47.2”) slabs installed on plastic stands using the same technique as elevated floors for terraces or technical floors. Click photo to enlarge

The architecture innovates the use of stone as a link to blend modern architecture with the landscape; the bluish gray slate blends perfectly with the grass, plants and trees and creates a feeling of nature.

Special Pinnacle Award of Merit | Craftsmanship
Millard Sheets Mural Restoration, Chase Bank
Rolling Hills, Calif.

Click picture to enlargeDimension Stone Contractor, Engineer, Mosaic Restoration: Carnevale & Lohr Inc., Bell Gardens, Calif. (honoree, MIA member)
Owner: JP Morgan Chase
Project Manager: David Carnevale
Consultant: Jeffrey Matthews, Trade International Inc. (MIA Member)
Art Consultant: Jeannie Denholm, SCAPE
Stone: Emerald Pearl granite, travertine, Byzantine mosaics

This project renovated a 1974 mural created for Millard Sheets Studio for exterior cladding of the local Home Savings of America banks (now Chase facilities). The 12’ X 37’ mural, depicting horses with riders and dogs following them, with sea in the background, is made from 36 panels of stone and mosaic. The work involved repair of the Emerald Pearl granite panels with travertine liners, and removing and re-installing all the mosaics. The project took about six months.

Click image to enlargeA very intricate and detailed system protected the panels during the process, including photographs, a numbering system for each panel, taping panels to stop the continuing loss of mosaics, repairing the granite, cleaning, and basically starting the mosaic from scratch to re-install. Carnevale added expansion joints, new anchors and engineering for re-installation.