MIA 2009 Pinnacle Awards of Excellence
Natural Stone Industry's Premier Design and Installation Competition

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The new Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple is built on a bluff on the edge of the Daybreak development in South Jordan, Utah. The edifice features a single stone clad spire soaring to a height of 193 feet, topped by a ninefoot statue of the angel Moroni. The temple sits at the foot of the Oquirrh Mountains that form a western edge of the Salt Lake Valley and face east towards a panoramic view of the Wasatch Mountains.

The temple features stone highlights that are found throughout, typical of the great details that accompany an LDS Temple, including: architectural woodwork, marble, stained glass windows, high-quality carpets and furniture, and works of art (statues and paintings). The project is clad in Uinta Gold granite in honed and river washed finishes. It is the first LDS Temple project to incorporate a darker colored stone.

The stone work began in November 2007 and was completed May 2009. More than 11,300 cubic feet of stone were used. There are 18 sets of intricately carved flank columns at the windows. The project used 73,000 man hours with 65 men on the project at peak production. There are two Tulip shaped carved planters at the entrance weighing over 7,000 lbs. each. In addition, the project also includes Wyndam Grey and Classic Grey for the paving.

Award of Merit - Commercial Exterior

Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple, South Jordan, Utah

MIA Member Company: Bestview International, Wood Dale, Illinois - Stone Supplier

Caffall Tile and Stone Co., Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah - Stone Supplier

Other Project Team Members:

Naylor Wentworth Lund Architects - Architect

Okland Construction Co., Inc. - General Contractor

Stone: Uinta Gold Granite, Wyndam Grey Granite, Grey Classic Granite

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Bank of America's One Bryant Park was the first skyscraper designed to achieve a U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy & Environment Design (LEED) "Platinum" Rating.

The key component in the interior design is the 9,000 square foot feature walls of the Main Lobby which consist of varying sized pieces of Jerusalem Gray Limestone. The slabs were shipped from Israel and fabricated in the Wilkstone shop in Paterson. Digital photos were marked up by the architect, indicating the acceptable, useable areas for each slab. Varying thickness of the stone and the perimeter shadow lighting further dramatizes this unique and signatory appearance. Each stone is individually supported with stainless steel clips.

Another key component of the interior of the building was the more than 40,000 square feet of Kashmir White Granite paving quarried and fabricated in India. For interior public spaces, the floor paving piece sizes primarily consist of 60 x 30 with a 1-1/4 thickness. All of the granite paving pieces were dry laid out at Wilkstone's fabrication facility prior to installation so that they could be viewed and approved by the architect and owner.

Award of Merit - Commercial Interior

ONE BRYANT PARK, New York, New York

MIA Member Company: Wilkstone, LLC, Paterson, New Jersey - Stone Fabricator and Installer

Other Project Team Members:

Cook + Fox Architects - Architect

The Durst Organization Bank of America - Developers

Tishman Construction Corp. - Construction Manager

Stone: Jerusalem Gray Limestone, Kashmir White Granite

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