BSI2904_Winter06-Final 11/27/06 12:50 PM Page a Winter 2006 Volume 29, Number 4 INTERIOR STONE TRENDS Kitchen & Bath TTrendsrends Fireplaces Upgraded Flooring Filippo Brunelleschi Minnesota Rocks! Stone Symposium DelawareQuarries 5/11/06 4:10 PM Page 1 GranQuartz_Win06 11/16/06 1:08 PM Page 1 BSI2904_Winter06-Final 11/27/06 12:50 PM Page 2 Winter 2006 Volume 29 • Number 4 Contents 8 Photo courtesy of Connecticut Stone Supplies Inc. Features Departments 8 New Trends in Kitchen and 6 Introduction Bath Design Historical Feature: What’s happening in kitchen and bath trends? The answer is surpris- 62 West of theWest Wing ing because the developments are striking and consistent; from New England to California, designers and owners are instigating new ideas Of the hundreds of buildings by using more stone, integrating mixtures of multiple colors and finish- architect Alfred B. Mullet es, and specifying larger slabs for larger rooms. designed, Washington D.C.’s old Executive Office Building is one of only 16 still standing – Fireplaces: and it narrowly missed the kiss of the wrecking ball. Sited liter- 18 Adding the Warmth ally west of the West Wing at Pennsylvania Avenue and 17th of Natural Stone Street, it suggests the world’s Who can resist the magical feeling of warmth and intimacy that a greatest gingerbread house, fireplace provides? The cozy atmosphere naturally draws people although it’s constructed with together – whether it’s an intimate group enjoying glasses of wine solid stone. On the Cover: around a small stone hearth, or a large family gathering around a grand structure that rises to a vaulted ceiling. Spencer Brickwork completed the 66 BAC/IMI National masonry work on five fireplaces in this St. Louis home. This living room fireplace Training Center uses cottonwood limestone and has an 30 Natural Stone Provides Instant enormous 6’ x 5’4” opening. Upgrade for Flooring 68 Industry News Photo courtesy of The types of natural stone that work in flooring applications range Marxer Photography from granite and slate to travertine, sandstone and limestone. And 72 Advertising Index among each type of stone there exists numerous varieties, making for endless options. 2 BUILDING STONE MAGAZINE Winter 2006 www.buildingstonemagazine.com VinciStone_Fall06 8/14/06 12:51 PM Page 1 BSI2904_Winter06-Final 11/27/06 12:50 PM Page 4 Winter 2006 Contents Features Photo courtesy of Champlain Stone Ltd. 40 Filippo Brunelleschi – The Genius Behind Florence’s Iconic Dome Filippo Brunelleschi was the Italian Renaissance architect and engi- neer who designed the double-shelled masonry dome of the Cathe- dral of Santa Maria del Fiori without the use of a centering support structure. He also designed and built a revolutionary hoist and crane to move the heavy stones and bricks 170 feet up to the top of the drum where construction of the dome began. 50 Symposium Showcases Diversity of Minnesota Stone This past summer, artists from China, Egypt, Finland, Germany and Italy descended on a patch of grass near downtown St. Paul, Minn., joining six local stone carvers in transforming the space into a giant, open-air studio. The 14 carvers lived and worked together for five weeks in May and June, making sculptures from Minnesota stone for permanent installation in public locations throughout the host city. 18 Photo courtesy of Pennie Sabel 30 40 50 Photo courtesy of Alabama Stone Company Photo courtesy of Tim Heitman 4 BUILDING STONE MAGAZINE Winter 2006 www.buildingstonemagazine.com GallegosCorp_Win06 11/16/06 1:05 PM Page 1 BSI2904_Winter06-Final 11/27/06 12:50 PM Page 6 BSI Introduction BUILDING STONE INSTITUTE Jeff Buczkiewicz, Executive Vice President Stone and the Interior 551 TOLLGATE ROAD, SUITE C ELGIN, IL 60123 Tel: 847.695.0170 Fax: 847.695.0174 Environment Web: www.buildingstoneinstitute.org E-mail: [email protected] Jonathan Zanger BUILDING STONE INSTITUTE 2006 OFFICERS Walker Zanger 2006 President Rick Jones Vice President Scott Buechel Immediate Past President Brenda Edwards Treasurer Robert Barden CCORDING TO HISTORY, Ital- imagine and create new ways to use an Secretary Doug Bachli ian Renaissance artist Michelan- ancient building material. BOARD OF DIRECTORS gelo claimed that his greatest As we hope this issue will demonstrate, Buddie Barnes Asculptures were “prisoners, trapped within interiors offer us the most plentiful possibilities Mary Dillion Duffe Elkins blocks of Carrara marble,”and that he was for the use of natural stone. Few other materi- Al Gregory simply the vehicle through which they were als are so suitable for both traditional architec- Robert Hicken John Mattke freed. The rough blocks of stone inspired ture and the modern aesthetic. Architects and Thomas Schlough him in much the same way that natural designers, confronted with an ever-increasing Liz Serven Ron Vetter stone still inspires the creative impulses of palette of colors and finishes, are discovering Jonathon Zanger artists, architects and the general public, for new ways to use stone in every conceivable PROFESSIONAL BOARD MEMBER whom it has become ever more accessible. interior environment. At the same time, they Robert H. Mortensen, FASLA In this issue of Building Stone Magazine, are rediscovering the age-old reasons why we explore the use of stone in interior archi- stone has always been prized – beauty, durabil- PUBLISHER Jeff Buczkiewicz tecture, in both commercial and residential ity and a uniqueness that is impossible to applications. That use was once confined to recreate with man-made products. PUBLICATION MANAGEMENT LIONHEART PUBLISHING, INC. grand public institutions and the homes of At our firm, we are fortunate to work 506 ROSWELL STREET, SUITE 220 nobility and great wealth – or to those for- with many of the leading designers and MARIETTA, GA 30060 Tel: 770.431.0867 tunate enough to live in areas where stone architects in the country. We are constantly Toll Free: 888.303.5639 was an abundant and available building awed by the unusual and original ways in Fax: 770.432.6969 material. which these professionals work with a prod- Web: www.lionhrtpub.com Now, through innovative new tech- uct that has been used in buildings for many President John Llewellyn nologies and vast new resources, stone is thousands of years. While some are wedded E-mail: [email protected] Editor Jennie Farnsworth available in affordable formats for ever- to the wonderful traditions of stone archi- E-mail: [email protected] greater populations, and in an abundance tecture, others are constantly breaking new Assistant Editor Cory Sekine-Pettite of varieties never before considered. Nev- ground and inspiring us in the industry to E-mail: [email protected] Feature Writers Christina B. Farnsworth ertheless, it is still the unrivaled beauty develop new ways to cut, finish and install Mark Haverstock that nature provides that inspires us to stone, ultimately expanding the “vocabu- Brett Martin Jodi Paper revisit classical uses of natural stone and to lary” of the medium. M.W. Penn Art Director Alan Brubaker E-mail: [email protected] Assistant Art Director Susumu Komatsu E-mail: [email protected] Corrections Production Designer John Dreisbach Online Projects Manager Patton McGinley In the Fall 2006 issue, we mistakenly identified John Synko as Building Stone Institute members. Camara Slate’s e-mail E-mail: [email protected] of Mark 1 Restoration Company Inc. in Chicago as the only and website addresses were incorrect; they are info@cama- Advertising Sales Art Shaeffer E-mail: [email protected] stone installer for The Park at Lakeshore East. W.R. Weis Com- raslate.com and www.camaraslate.com. Delaware Quarries Advertising Sales Aileen Kronke pany Inc. of Chicago installed the granite for this project. We Inc. was listed without the product types that the company E-mail: [email protected] also incorrectly identified the stone installer on the Prothro offers. The products and services are: Bluestone, Reprintss/Subscriptions Kelly Millwood E-mail: [email protected] House addition and remodel. Fenimore-Blythe Masonry Con- Brownstone, Building Stone, Cleaners, Consultant, tractors of Haltom City, Texas, completed the stone installation Distributor, Fabrication, Fieldstone, Flagstone, Granite, ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS $30 United States for this project. Importer/Exporter, Landscape, Limestone, Marble, $50 Canada & Mexico In the 2007 Buyers Guide issue, Lompoc Quarries, Quarrier, Quartzite, Sandstone, Sealants, Specialty Building $60 All Other Countries Masonry Technology Inc., Natural Stone Veneers Stone, and Thin Stone Veneer. Building Stone Magazine is published quarterly for the Building Stone Institute, International and PASVALCO were not properly denoted We apologize for these oversights. the American stone industry’s international trade association founded in 1919. COPYRIGHT © 2006 by the Building Stone Institute. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. 6 BUILDING STONE MAGAZINE Winter 2006 www.buildingstonemagazine.com Silverado_Win06 11/16/06 1:24 PM Page 1 BSI2904_Winter06-Final 11/27/06 12:52 PM Page 8 Photo courtesy of Percoco Marble and Tile Co., Inc. courtesy of Percoco Photo 8 BUILDING STONE MAGAZINE Winter 2006 www.buildingstonemagazine.com BSI2904_Winter06-Final 11/27/06 12:52 PM Page 9 New Trends in Kitchen and Bath Design By M. W. Penn Photo courtesy of Stonecraft Inc. Photo HAT’S HAPPENING Nancy Barden, LEFT: The trend is toward kitchens designed as IN KITCHEN AND Memphis, Tenn. centers for living and entertaining and BATH TRENDS? “The homeowner wants textured surfaces are a big part of the story. The answer is sur- something different, unusual, Wprising because the develop- exotic,”said Nancy Barden of Bar- ments are striking and den Stone. “The average home- consistent; from New England owner is more educated about to California, designers and stone and willing to experiment owners are instigating new ideas with the myriad of stone options by using more stone, integrating available. mixtures of multiple colors and “Many types of stone are finishes, and specifying larger used throughout the home, slabs for larger rooms.