Christopher J. Grubb, president of Arch-Interiors Design Group, Inc. was recently challenged to transform a private residence, located on Mulholland Drive in the Hollywood Hills of California, from an outdated space to a modern home that reflected the lifestyles and personalities of its owners. In order to meet the client’s request, a total of 2,600 square feet of natural stone was added to several rooms throughout the space.
As natives of Texas, a family building in a private residence in Colorado Springs, CO, wanted to incorporate materials reminiscent of their home state into their new house. In particular, they wanted to use marble throughout the expansive 25,000-square-foot space. To ensure that their design objectives were met, the owners worked closely with designer Barbara Elliott of Barbara Elliott Interiors.
Based in the State of Tamil Nadu, India, Aro Granites Industry has been equipped with a range of Italian stoneworking technology for several years, and it has recently expanded its production with state-of-the-art machinery for tile processing.
In the rugged countryside of Macael, Almeria, Spain, the mountains are scattered with stone quarries, and the roadways are filled with trucks hauling marble. It is in this region that the Cosentino Group was born, and the company has been a leading exporter to the world market for decades. Not only has the company created a “brand name” product with its Silestone® quartz surfacing, but it has also launched several innovations in the natural stone sector - with state-of-the-art technology for quarrying and production.
Marmonil Egypt was established in 1963, and since its debut, it has been one of the leading companies in Egypt working in the marble and granite sector. The main activities of the company, which is owned by Raouf Claude Abdalla and based in Nasr City, Cairo, are quarrying, sawing, polishing and processing marble and granite.
Taking advantage of a property’s proximity to downtown Philadelphia, the developer of a residential project in Paoli, PA, chose to tear down the existing property and build a new, upscale home. And while the original plan was to use stucco and a manmade Cultured Stone® product, the final design was able to employ native Pennsylvania fieldstone, supplied as thin stone veneer.
Recently, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation chose to renovate and enlarge its Warrensburg, NY, headquarters. The two-phase project completely renovated the entire building, and the architects at Hyman & Hayes Associates of Albany, NY, were able to stay true to the surrounding Adirondack Mountain environment by using natural thin stone veneer - quarried and produced locally.
In designing an upscale private residence in Westport, CT, Tyra Dellacroce of Connecticut Stone Supplies conceived a wide range of stone applications for the builder, Stillman Development Co. of New York, NY. These innovative uses of stone greet the homeowners and their guests upon arrival at the residence, as the structure is clad in thin stone veneer that offers a classic, traditional look.
Located in Downtown Oakland, CA, the facade of the 13,000-square-foot building that now houses the Alta Alliance Bank headquarters was in dire need of a facelift, and locally based RPR Architects came to the rescue in a timely manner. To enhance the outdated look of the exterior space, the architects added a variety of limestone and granite to the exterior facade of the building, and stone was also carried inside.
Over 13 tons of Burlington’s Elterwater roofing slate and dimensional stone has been incorporated within the Wordsworth Trust’s award-winning Jerwood Centre in Grasmere, Cumbria, England. Adjoining the grade II-listed Wordsworth Museum and close to Wordsworth’s former home, Dove Cottage, the new facility is now a permanent home to an unrivalled collection of books, manuscripts and artwork from Wordsworth and the Romantic period.
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