Each year, the Marble Institute of America (MIA) recognizes MIA-member stone suppliers, fabricators and installers for their outstanding work on natural stone projects. These projects, which include both residential and commercial designs, are honored for their beauty, creativity, ingenuity and craftsmanship.
To be eligible for the Pinnacle Awards, the project teams had to include at least one MIA member company, and the projects had to be completed within the past three years. An independent panel of judges appointed by the MIA Board of Directors evaluated entries based on excellence in design and implementation, quality workmanship and suitability of materials. The judges were Joshua Zinder, AIA, a senior project manager at Michael Graves & Associates in Princeton, NJ; Monica J. Gawet, owner/president of Tennessee Marble Co. in Friendsville, TN; and Vincent Migliore, technical director of the Marble Institute of America.