Among the many programs at Stone+tec, which took place this past June, the German Natural Stone Award was presented for outstanding stone architecture. This year, the 2011 recipient was Architect Max Dudler, who was honored for his work on the new Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm Centre at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany.
The award is presented every two years by the Deutsche Naturwerkstein-Verband e.V. (DNV - German Natural Stone Association) in cooperation with the Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA - German Architects Association), and it focuses on completed works that showcase natural stone as an exemplary building material in terms of environmental, sustainable and energy-efficiency properties.