International Stone Architecture Award Winners

International Stone Architecture Award Winners

Fermin Vasquez

Architects from Japan, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Italy were recently selected by an international jury to receive Veronafiere/Marmomacc’s International Stone Architecture Award. This is the 11th edition of a biannual program created by Veronafiere in 1987 as part of the trade fair company’s commitment to the culture of stone. Prizes will be presented Oct. 3 during Marmomacc in Verona, Italy, at the Museo di Castelvecchio.

Espigueros and Horreos

Following are the honored architects, their projects and the primary stone material:

• Asian Architecture Friendship –
  Osaka, Japan-based group of volunteers, mainly composed of architects from the construction firm Takenaka Corp.; School Complex, Philim, Nepal 2007; local stone and slate
• Fermin V??zquez –
  b720 Arquitectos – Barcelona, Spain, www.b720.com; Restoration of Plaza del Torico, Teruel, Spain, 2007; basalt
• Cino Zucchi Architetti –
  Milan, Italy, www.zucchiarchitetti.com; offices in the former Alfa Rome Cafeteria at Portello, Milan, Italy 2007; Cardoso stone
• Grafton Architects –
  Dublin, Ireland, www.graftonarchitects.ie; Luigi Bocconi University, New Building, Milan, Italy, 2008; Ceppo
• Sn??hetta –
  Oslo, Norway, www.snoarc.no; Opera House, Oslo, Norway, 2008; Carrara marble
• “Ad Memoriam” Award: Alejandro De La Sota;
  Madrid, Spain; Civil Government Offices, Tarragona, Spain 1957; local stone
• Vernacular Architecture Prize – Espigueros and Horreos:
  Stone Granaries in the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal and Spain); granite