The prize-winning projects

The event ensures a panorama involving about forty architectural works completed in the last two-three years. The Jury met on 3 March 2007 and made awards - as the best applications of stone materials on an international scale - to the following projects (in order of completion):

• Piscinas do Atlantico
  Paulo David, Madeira, Portugal, 2005



• Mariakloster Cistercian Monastery
  Jensen & Skodvin Arkitektkontor, Tautra Island, Trondheimsfjord, Norway, 2003-2006



• Extension of Banco de España
  Rafael Moneo, Madrid, Spain, 2006



• Completion of Muralla Nazarí
  Antonio Jiménez Torrecillas, Granada, Spain, 2003-2006



• Remodelling of a two-family home
  Beniamino Servino, Pozzovetere, Caserta, Italy, 2001-2006

The "in memoriam" award - dedicated to late architects whose contribution to Stone Architecture was particularly significant - was made to:

• Mausoleum - Fosse Ardeatine
  Nello Aprile, Cino Calcaprina, Aldo Cardelli, Mario Fiorentino, Giuseppe Perugini
  Rome, Italy, 1944-1949.

The 10th Edition of the International Stone Architecture Award also saw the Jury assign the "Vernacular Architecture" Awards to:

• Lessinia Architecture - Stalla del Modesto
  Province of Verona, Italy
  An original example of the traditional rural buildings in local Verona mountain stone.

As for previous editions, the award comprises the publication of a prestigious volume containing far-reaching documentation about the prize-winning projects, backed up by critical and historical essays by eminent personalities in the world of architecture.
During the 42nd MARMOMACC, the International Stone Architecture Award will be one of the main cultural events scheduled for "Marble Art Culture" involving two shows:

4-7 October: Exhibition of award-winning works, at the Verona Exhibition Centre, together with other architecture and design events. The exhibition will involve drawings, photos, modells, videos and the stone materials used in these works.

Saturday 6 October: Official Ceremony announcing the winners, which will take place at the Verona Exhibition Centre in the presence of Dignitaries, the authors of the selected works, their patrons, the Jury and a large audience architects, personalities in cultural fields and natural stone trade operators.