Complex angles in marble and limestone and stone paintings
Located in downtown Houston, TX, Camarata Masonry was under a time crunch to install five exotic stone “paintings” and cut-to-size marble and limestone pieces for a flawless fit
Located in the heart of the business district in downtown Houston, TX, 609 Main is a 50-story Class A office building that is a 1,150,785-square-foot pre-registered LEED Platinum space, connected to a 633,782-square-foot parking garage. Camarata Masonry Systems, Ltd., also located in Houston, TX, was responsible for the shop drawings, engineering and installation of 16,500 square feet of honed Portuguese Moca Cream limestone interior wall cladding, 19,700 square feet of honed Aurisira limestone and honed Lasa marble flooring and stair trends and risers, and 780 square feet of stone “paintings” — comprised of Irish Green, Lapis Blue, Lasa Macchia Vecchia, Fusion Fire and Azul Macauba. An additional 250 square feet of antiqued Impala Black granite cladding for the fountain, 1,685 square feet of Dal-Tile Woven Wool solid surface material for the lavatory tops and 230 square feet of Caesarstone Pure White countertops and island were also installed. The stone was supplied and fabricated by Savema S.p.A. and quarried by Cava Romana.
“The stone paintings are what catches everyone’s eye,” said Scott Slimp, senior project manager for Camarata Masonry Systems. “There are five art projects and each lobby uses a different stone; one is the Irish Green, one the Lapis Blue, one the Lasa Macchia Vecchia, one the Fusion Fire and one the Azul Macauba.” For the “paintings,” the architect handpicked the slabs and coordinated the size of each — matching sizes with feathered mitered edges with epoxy returns. While some of the work was done with 3cm pieces, the majority was with 2cm. In order to get hairline joints, they used epoxy and a kerf anchor system.