Rugo Stone, LLC Wins 2016 "Best Use of Carrara Marble in North America" Award
OBERLIN, OH and CHESTERTOWN, NY -- MIA+BSI has announced that Rugo Stone, LLC has been chosen for the first "Best Use of Carrara Marble in North America" Marble Architecture Award for their project "The Rotunda Renovation" at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. The award will be presented at the 33rd CarraraMarmotec International Fair of marble, technologies and design in Carrara, Italy on May 18 to 21.
"The Rotunda Renovation" replaced the 16 marble capitals of the University of Virginia's academic village rotunda, a UNESCO world heritage site designed by Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the U.S. An 1895 fire destroyed the original capitals carved by the Ricci family of Carrara, which were then replaced with columns from an alternate source.