Masonry Magazine April 1996 Page. 20
International Excellence
In Masonry
Award Winners
CONGRATULATIONS to the Masonry Magazine's International Excellence in Masonry Award Program. Due to the change in judging format, a more accurate example of excellence can be awarded.
This program was started in 1994 to recognize, on an international scale, the mason contractors, architects, and engineers for outstanding accomplishments in masonry design and construction. To the building of masonry projects that give testimony to the quality and grandeur of masonry, and also serves to spotlight the masonry industry and its exciting tradition as architectural material.
To include as many projects as possible, this year's competition allowed projects not previously presented a regional award, to enter. In the past, only projects recognized by a local community or state competition were entitled to submit entries.
For the first time, a Paver/Retaining Wall/Landscape category was included. Masonry is using this category to recognize segmental contractors and their exceptional work.
Extensive revamping of the judging process was another part of the Excellence in Masonry makeover. In previous years, the winners were voted on by attendees of Masonry Expo. On the last day of Expo, ballots were counted, then winners, were presented awards. This year, judging took place before Masonry Expo with a panel of impartial judges. The panel consisted of a mason contractor, an engineer, and an architect. This format allows each project to be judged on credentials not previously considered. This year, as with all previous years, workmanship and detail in masonry were factors considered by judges. The winners of the Excellence Awards are as follows:
1st place Rehab/Restoration is Stratford North Medical Center, located outside of Chicago, Illinois; Anderson, Mikos Architects, Ltd. is the architect, and the masonry supplier is Brady Brick & Supply.
2nd place Rehab/Restoration is the Pacific Medical Center tower addition; Zimmer Gunsul Frasca partnership is architect, Barkshire Panel Systems is the mason contractor, and the brick suppliers were Mutual Materials, Yankee Hill, and Pacific Clay Products.
1st place Educational/Governmental is McDonnell Hall located on the campus of Washington University, located in Seattle, Washington; Rayford Law is the architect, Leonard Masonry was the mason contractor, and the masonry suppliers are North Carolina Granite and Bybee Stone Co.
2nd place Educational/Governmental is Meany Hall at the University of Washington. Architect is Hewitt Isley, the mason contractor is Lund Masonry and the masonry supplier is Mutual Materials.
1st place Industrial/commercial is Harrisonville Telephone Company: the Lawrence Group Architects is the architect firm, Leonard Masonry is the mason contractor, and the masonry suppliers are Richards Brick and Terra Cotta & Cast Stone.
1st place Paver/Retaining Wall/Landscape winner is Aberdeen Green, located in Houston, Texas. The architect is Fred Buxton of Fred Buxton Associates, the mason contractor is Hoggatt, Inc. and the masonry supplier is Acme Brick Company.
2nd place Paver/Retaining Wall/ Landscape winner is the New Seabury, Cape Cod pool, located in Massachusetts. The architectural firm, Abrahamson & Associates, mason contractor, Nick O'Hara, and the masonry supplier is Plymouth Quarries.
The Best of Show project pictured above, was the University of Washington Physics and Astronomy Building. The architect, Tony Stewart of Cesar Pelli & Associates, mason contractor, Barkshire Panel Systems, and the masonry suppliers are Mutual Materials and Acme Brick.
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