The winner in the category of private and commercial properties of natural stone was the Ritz Carlton Hotel and Apartment Tower in Berlin, designed by architects Hilmer & Sattler and Albrecht, Gesellschaft von Architekten GmbH. The Ritz Carlton Hotel is clad in Branco Rosal, a Portuguese limestone supplied by Natursteinwerk Hofmann of Werbach-Gamburg, Germany, and it is located on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin. According to the jury, the architecture of the building “cuts a fine urban figure. The building is self-assured and interacts with the neighboring Hans Kollhoff building to form an ensemble with a gateway to the well-known Beisheim Centre. The hotel's appearance is impressive; similar to a precious dress. The almost white stone facade is interrupted like a net by openings for windows, with flutings and projections profiled and woven tectonically with a textile effect.â€