This project is very unique, it is a 13,000 sq ft two story condominium located in the Four Seasons Hotel in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC.
The project consists of over 9,000 sq ft of highly detailed limestone, marble, and onyx. The project required seven months to fabricate and six months to install.
The designer is from New York City, and very acclaimed for his modernist detailing and very precise alignments, nothing about this project was random.
The entire home is paved in 2 cm limestone, marble, and onyx. All the base, door surrounds, and portals are cased with custom profiled Gohare beige limestone moldings. There are no wood base boards or wood door cases, the entire casement is detailed in custom profiled limestone and marble. The project has an internal elliptical spiral stair which features stone treads and risers, as well as ramp and twisted stone stringer and rail caps.
The bathrooms are all paved and clad in white onyx mosaic, the counters and tub decks in the baths are all Thassos White Extra marble. The kitchen is paved in a custom three color epoxy terrazzo, and the counters are all first choice Calacatta Sponda 3 cm marble. The powder room is very unique in that it has a solid dome of Gohare beige limestone to create the ceiling. The project required very custom detailed shop drawing, exhaustive field measuring and a combination of local and Italian fabrication.
Award of Merit - Residential Interior/ Exterior
Private Residence, Washington, DC
MIA Member Company: Rugo Stone LLC, Lorton, Virginia - Stone Supplier, Fabricator and Installer
Other Project Team Members:
David Kleinberg Design Associates - Architect
Gibson Builders - General Contractor
Stone: Gohare Beige Limestone, Thassos White Extra Marble, Bianco Rhino Onyx Marble, Calacatta Sponda Marble, Beige Turkish Limestone
This 6,000 square foot residence in Newport Beach, CA exemplifies classic elegance through a combination of glass, wood and split-face Roman Travertine.
The Roman Travertine was purchased directly from an Italian supplier by the general contractor. Accurate shop drawings and cut lists developed by SMG Stone Company allowed the material to be ordered effectively and ensured a smooth transfer and installation of the stone to the job.
Approximately 3,300 square feet of split-face Roman Travertine dressed interior and exterior walls using a mechanical attachment system with stainless steel clips and ungrouted joints. Some onsite work included chiseling face edges to match the split-face finish of each piece. Shop drawings allowed planning for slightly oversized pieces to accommodate the field finishing of 4-inch thick pieces with a height of 24 inches and varying lengths of 12 to 60 inches.
From an installation standpoint the lintels proved to be the biggest challenge of the project because the size of the doors were 6 feet to 8 feet and longer. Due to this, each piece had to be handled by hand due to the small space of the job site. After five years of stone selection and detailed drawings, this dream home was completed in 2007.
Award of Merit Residential Interior/ Exterior
Private Residence, Newport Beach, California
MIA Member Company: SMG Stone Company, Sun Valley, California - Stone Installer
Other Project Team Members:
EBTA Architects, Architect
Mark Falone Construction - General Contractor
Walker Zanger, Sun Valley, CA, MIA Member - Stone Supplier
Stone: Roman Travertine
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