Nestled against the mountains of one of the world's premiere resort locations, the new Sun Valley Music Pavilion achieves a perfect fusion of art and nature.
To blend with its mountainous environment, split-faced Roman Travertine was selected for the majority of the stonework, while an unfilled honed finish was used on the stone caps and ends of site walls. The joints between the stones were left open to enhance the Pavilion's 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, presenting unique fabrication challenges. All of the travertine was cross-cut, and a typical cleft stone weighs approximately 160 pounds 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 4 cm to 11 cm.
A striking blend of beauty and function, this state of the art facility was completed in July of 2008 and incorporates nearly 33,000 square feet of travertine.
Award of Merit - Commercial Exterior
Sun Valley Music Pavilion, Sun Valley, Idaho
MIA Member Company: KEPCO+, Salt Lake City, Utah - Stone Installer
Other Project Team Members:
Sun Valley Company - Client and Owner
Ruscitto/Latham/ Blanton Architectura, P.A. - Architect
Intermountain Construction, Inc. - General Contractor
Mariotti Carlo & Figli, S.p.A. - Stone Supplier and Fabricator
Stone: Este Light Roman Travertine
Connecticut Stone also won a prestigious Tucker Award for this $4.5 million dollar project, which converted a one acre parking lot into a stunning pedestrian plaza connecting Bailey Hall Auditorium to Cornell's historic Arts and Agriculture quadrangles. The pedestrian pathways are lined with natural cleft and thermal finish bluestone, a resilient type of the legendary Llrenroc, the locally quarried shale-dense stone.
Bailey Plaza's heavily trafficked location in the heart of campus, along with Ithaca's rugged northeast weather, meant that the construction and design needed to be durable as well as beautiful. The pivotal architectural element of the plaza is a majestic Hamilton bluestone fountain. The 50-foot-long outcropping of layered stone slabs, slopes from ground upward at nearly a 45degree angle - a feature that includes gently seeping waters mimicking the nearby rock gorges.
The Bailey Award credited Connecticut Stone with creating richness and warmth with choice paving materials, as well as movement and structure with the design. Natural stone works in harmony with water, plants and wood, allowing the space to serve as both an architectural achievement and a practical pedestrian walkway.
Award of Merit - Commercial ExteriorBailey Plaza - Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
MIA Member Company: Connecticut Stone Supplies, Milford, Connecticut - Stone Supplier
Other Project Team Members:
Michael Van Valkenburg Associates - Architect
Syrstone Ithaca Stone Setting - Stone Installers
Lechase - General Contractor
Mariotti Carlo & Figli, S.p.A. - Stone Supplier and Fabricator
Stone: Hamilton Bluestone, Portage Bluestone
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