architects24.com International Newsletter - 24 June 2010
Edition: Natural Stone
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architects24.com International Newsletter
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New Almería Airport Building Highlights White Macael Marble |
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The Almería airport is set to inaugurate the
expansion of their building in 2010, the most important
transformation completed since its construction in the sixties. The
second phase of the new terminal's construction begins in June after the
new departures building is finished. |
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The completion of the first phase
signifies the operational functionality of various services which have
significantly improved the airport's operations. The expansion
incorporates
materials indigenous to the province,
such as white Macael marble, with the intention of allowing the
airport's patrons to appreciate the most emblematic products of Almería
upon arrival. |
| The author of the airport expansion project is the technical aeronautics engineer Jesús García Gómez, of the engineering company EPTISA, and the head design architect is Luis García Gil, of the Arkitools, S.L. studio. |
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Building Stone Institute, North America
Tucker Design Awards 2010 |
Sun Valley Pavilion |
Building Stone Institute, one of North Americas longest serving natural stone trade associations, presented the 2010 Tucker Design Awards.
The Tucker Design Award honors those who achieve a criteria of excellence in the use of natural stone in concept, design and construction. The award is a prestigious biennial architectural design recognition valued by both the building and landscape communities.
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For members of the Building Stone Institute, acknowledgement as a contributor to a Tucker Design Award winning project is a genuine tribute to their traditional values, physicality of work and dedication to precise specifications required in the realization of such accomplished architectural design. This year’s recipients represent some of the finest building and landscape projects completed throughout North America utilizing natural stone from around the globe.
The Awards
celebrate the innovation and vision that designers bring to their projects through the specification and and use of natural stone materials.
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12 buildings obtained the prestigious architectural design recognition valued by building and landscape communities. Laurie D. Olin received the 2010 Bybee Prize.
It is awarded to an individual for a body of work executed over time and distinguished by outstanding use of natural stone in building or landscape applications.
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