The Building Stone Institute (BSI) has awarded this year's Tucker Design Awards to 10 architectural firms who exhibited excellence in concept, design and construction with natural stone. The awards were presented on May 21, 2004 at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago.
First presented in 1977, the Tucker Design Awards are in honor of the late Beverly R. Tucker, Jr., past president of the BSI, which was founded in 1919. The Institute is an international trade association, whose membership includes leading natural stone quarriers, fabricators, dealers, importers, exporters, installers and restorers of all types of natural stone.