2015 Cast Stone Institute Excellence Awards ~ Winners ~ Residential Excellence Maenza Residence Mandeville, Louisiana Producer Member: Stone Legends/Stone Magic /CSCS Dallas, Texas Architect: Dan Sater / Sater Group 2015 Excellence Award Winners Maenza Residence Residential Excellence What is the scope of the project? Produced were the following Cast Stone elements - a variety of window surrounds and sills for the exterior, bracketed banding at the roofline, columns and balustrade along back patio, and the front entryway, including steps, balustrade, columns, first and second floor surrounds, and pediment. In addition, the columns, balustrade, and banding for the interior pool area are cast stone. 2015 Excellence Award Winners Maenza Residence Residential Excellence What is the role of Cast Stone? The Cast Stone is the accent material for the entire exterior of the home. The Cast Stone stands out from the colored stucco and surrounds each architectural feature of the façade. 2015 Excellence Award Winners Maenza Residence Residential Excellence How was Cast Stone critical to the success of this project? Cast Stone gives the project a look of grandness that the Mediterranean style for the home wouldn’t including setting off each feature from the siding. Cast Stone adds weight to the façade and elegance to the pool and patio area. 2015 Excellence Award Winners Maenza Residence Residential Excellence Judges Comments • Proportionate Design and Cast Stone adds to the building • Use of Cast Stone in the stair detail to cornice aesthetic • Coloration supported design 2015 Excellence Award Winners Commercial Excellence Sundance Square Cassidy Building Fort Worth, Texas Producer Member: Advanced Architectural Stone Fort Worth, Texas Architect: Bennett Benner Partners / David M. Schwarz 2015 Excellence Award Winners Sundance Square Cassidy Building Commercial Excellence What is the scope of the project? This is a new 99,000 square feet building constructed in the Sundance Square district of downtown, Fort Worth, Texas. It is the last building of three erected in this area and is also the largest. 2015 Excellence Award Winners Sundance Square Cassidy Building Commercial Excellence What is the role of Cast Stone? The façade for The Cassidy is influenced by modern Danish architecture from the mid 20th century, incorporating horizontal ribbons in a repeating design of cast stone. Cast Stone is often thought of as a traditional style building material. This building illustrates the flexibility of Cast Stone to create a modern design. 2015 Excellence Award Winners Sundance Square Cassidy Building Commercial Excellence How was Cast Stone critical to the success of the project? The architect for the project referenced how the Cast Stone and window design worked perfectly together to provide a sophisticated feel of both timeless and contemporary design. He stated “The flexibility of Cast Stone design helped us achieve a unique design.” The Cast Stone pieces at the arches required special coordination with the mason since they had to be set with a 110 ton crane. 2015 Excellence Award Winners Sundance Square Cassidy Building Commercial Excellence Judges Comments • High degree of difficulty • “Brise-soleil” across the windows – very well done • Non-traditional contemporary use of Cast Stone is refreshing • Cast Stone gives a depth to the façade and works shade and shadow. • Simple profiles that add depth to the façade 2015 Excellence Award Winners Commercial Excellence Sundance Square West Building (Also known as The Westbrook) Fort Worth, Texas Producer Member: Advanced Architectural Stone Fort Worth, Texas Architect: Bennett Benner Partners 2015 Excellence Award Winners Sundance Square West Building Commercial Excellence What is the scope of the project? This is a new 6 story Class A office building facing a new 3 block open-air plaza in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. The building contains 93,000 square feet. This building is part of many buildings within the Sundance Square complex. 2015 Excellence Award Winners Sundance Square West Building Commercial Excellence What is the role of Cast Stone? Cast Stone is the building material of architectural design used on all buildings within the 35 block Sundance Square area. However, Cast Stone was used differently on almost all buildings. On The Westbrook Building Cast Stone was used in the overall design of the building to be reminiscent of the Art Deco structures located in many areas of this city. Most of those Art Deco designs are incorporated into either over and under panels at all windows and entrance ways. 2015 Excellence Award Winners Sundance Square West Building Commercial Excellence How was Cast Stone critical to the success of the project? This building was completed at about the same time as its bookend building on the east side of the plaza was finished. While the design of the Cast Stone is completely different on this building – Art Deco versus acorn adornment on the sister building- it shows the versatility of Cast Stone in architectural design. 2015 Excellence Award Winners Sundance Square West Building Commercial Excellence Judges Comments • Impressive amount of Cast Stone • Art deco reliefs, traditionally done in metal are well done with the Cast Stone 2015 Excellence Award Winners Commercial Excellence St. Peter Chancery and Colonnade Houston, Texas Producer Member: Stone Castle Industries, Inc. Houston, Texas Architect: Jackson & Ryan Architects 2015 Excellence Award Winners St. Peter Chancery and Colonnade Commercial Excellence What is the scope of the project? The new construction of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter and Colonnade was an elaborate project and was built to be an extension of the existing courtyards of Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church and Shrine. The Cast Stone was used for string courses, detailed entry way, archways, balcony, and Cast Stone window sills that complimented the existing Church on the same property. 2015 Excellence Award Winners St. Peter Chancery and Colonnade Commercial Excellence What is the role of Cast Stone? The role of the Cast Stone in this project was crucial in this project to continue with the masonry detailing such as using the Cast Stone sills on the window openings. The intricate features using Cast Stone in the entry way gives the impression of walking through an Italian palace. The archways in the colonnade show the well-crafted workmanship that went into this project. 2015 Excellence Award Winners St. Peter Chancery and Colonnade Commercial Excellence How was Cast Stone critical to the success of the project? The Cast Stone really tied everything together and was crucial to the success of this project. The Cast Stone added detailing that highlighted the entire project. The sophisticated Cast Stone string courses, beautifully detailed Cast Stone entry, and sills on the window openings both interior and exterior really differentiates this building. 2015 Excellence Award Winners St. Peter Chancery and Colonnade Commercial Excellence Judges Comments • Refreshing and powerful but the Cast Stone does not dominate in either the interior or exterior use • Nice consistency in and out to knit the project together with Cast Stone • Complexity of the parts • Cast Stone compliments the architecture of the building 2015 Excellence Award Winners Commercial Excellence Mohammedi Masjid Complex Houston, Texas Producer Member: Siteworks, Inc. Houston, Texas Architect: Kakhruddin Sabir FS Group Architect 2015 Excellence Award Winners Mohammedi Masjid Complex Commercial Excellence What is the scope of the project? This project was an addition to an existing building. The addition consists of a three story main prayer hall and a two school building. The Cast Stone on this project includes wainscot, water table banding, window surrounds, and medallions. 2015 Excellence Award Winners Mohammedi Masjid Complex Commercial Excellence What is the role of Cast Stone? Cast Stone was chosen for this project because of its ability to achieve the look envisioned by the architect along with its ability to seamlessly tie with the Egyptian limestone and brick used throughout the project. 2015 Excellence Award Winners Mohammedi Masjid Complex Commercial Excellence How was Cast Stone critical to the success of the project? Cast Stone was able to fulfill the architect’s vision at an affordable price. Other alternatives were considered but could not be afforded in the budget allowed. 2015 Excellence Award Winners Mohammedi Masjid Complex Commercial Excellence Judges Comments • Mosque differentiated from the school which is appropriate • Cast Stone detail work is exceptional • Complimentary palette throughout the design • Intricacy of the castings is incredible • Scale of Cast Stone elements is fitting with architecture 2015 Excellence Award Winners Commercial Excellence Lake Park Crescent Chicago, Illinois Producer Member: Architectural Cast Stone West Chicago, Illinois Architect: VOA Architects 2015 Excellence Award Winners Lake Park Crescent Commercial Excellence What is the scope of the project? This was the first phase of a multi-phase low income housing project in Chicago. The seventeen building first phase consisted of many different sized building using different color brick. 2015 Excellence Award Winners Lake Park Crescent Commercial Excellence What is the role of Cast Stone? Cast Stone was used to unify the different buildings within the project and more importantly to add an element of design to the project not typically seen in low income