BSI Cites Pelli With Bybee Prize
ITASCA, Ill. – Cesar Pelli, founder of Cesar Pelli and Associates and former dean of the school of architecture at Yale University, is the 2004 recipient of the James Daniel Bybee Prize from the...
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MIA Selects Tech Director
CLEVELAND – Charles J. “Chuck” Muehlbauer, a 20-year veteran of the dimensional-stone industry, is the new technical director for the Marble Institute of America Inc. (MIA), effective this month. Muehlbauer will direct all aspects...
Polycor Grows With Georgia Marble
TATE, Ga. – Georgia Marble Co., a long-time stone producer in the Southeastern U.S., is now part of Quebec-based quarrier and distributor Polycor. In a press conference at Coverings this March in Orlando, Fla.,...
New Gallos Factory on Line for Summer
LIMA, Peru – Production capacities will increase for Marmolería Gallos S.A. this year with completion of a new production facility. The new factory, adjacent to Gallos’ current operations in Lima, is set to begin...
Brazil Exports Slowed At Ports
Brazil’s booming export market in dimensional stone may be slowing in 2004 – because the material can’t get out of the country fast enough. Stone exports are facing a lack of ships and containers,...
Stone in 2004: Looking Good
CLEVELAND – If there’s going to be a slowdown in stone this year, it’ll be a surprise to one key group – the stone industry. Nine out of ten stone professionals surveyed at StonExpo...
Façade Fight On in N.Y.
NEW YORK – The fight over a unique marble-clad building in the city’s Upper West Side continues with a learned war of words and legal action. The controversy involves 2 Columbus Circle, a nine-story...
No Twin for Tomb?
MARBLE, Colo. – The plan to create a replica here of Arlington National Cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknowns is running into a few snags – mainly some ill-feelings. Stone for the replacement tomb is...
MIA Elects Officers, Hits 1,000 Mark
CLEVELAND – The Marble Institute of America Inc. (MIA) set a new membership record late last year when it enrolled its 1,000th member at its annual meeting in conjunction with StonExpo 2003 in Atlanta....
Prism Awards Deadline Near
ORLANDO, Fla. – There’s still time to enter the revamped Prism Awards, held in conjunction with the Coverings trade event … but don’t tarry. Entries for the fifth-annual competition, now noted as the 2004...