Marble Architectural Awards 2005 are presented by IMM Carrara
In Japan, the spectacular “Hill of Hope†in Hiroshima, a park and a temple dedicated to “the Mother,†is all made of pure White Carrara marble. And Italian materials and technology (primarily from Tuscany) have been largely used to build the new museums of Nagasaki and Shizuoka in Japan, squares and buildings in Singapore, Korea, Taiwan and virtually anywhere there is a building site at work in the Middle East.
A group of extraordinary architects and craftsmen who worked on these projects had been selected in Beijing, China, and disclosed in Florence, Italy, as the winners of the 21st Marble Architectural Awards (MAA 2005), which is presented each year by Internazionale Marmi e Macchine (IMM) Carrara and ICE, in conjunction with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Region of Tuscany and Toscana Promozione, and with the aid of the bank Cassa di Risparmio di Carrara.