MIA Pinnacle Awards 2008
Award of Excellence / Commercial Interior
2101 L Street
Washington
Stone Installer and Supplier: Rugo Stone LLC Natural Stone & Mosaic Contractors, Lorton, Va. (honoree, MIA member)
Architects: Lehman Smith McLeish, Washington; WDG Architecture, Washington.
General Contractor: Balfour Beatty Construction, Dallas
Stone Supplier and Fabricator: Santucci Armando s.r.l., Carrara, Italy
Stone Supplier: North Carolina Granite Corp., Mount Airy, N.C.
A renovation project where the interior was modified for a new ground level lobby design, the alignment of stone joints between walls, floors, and doorways are critical. Lobby paving consisted of 4,000 ft² of Basaltina vein-cut sandstone quarried near Rome; the lobby wall veneer used of 3,400 ft² of Statuario Venato marble quarried in Carrara, Italy. (Photo ® Alex Jamison Photography)
