Coverings Marble and Stone Awards Part II For its work on behalf of Denver’s World Trade Center Plaza, Design Workshop received the Prism Award of Merit and $1,000 cash prize in the commercial category at Coverings O6 expo in Orlando.
Granite was the material of choice for this landscaping assignment because it so effectively endures the harsh climates with its high compressive and flexural strength. The extensive color options were another plus for granite, allowing the formation of a pattern of vibrant color blocks inspired by Piet Mondrian’s paintings.
The plaza palette is gold, black and green granite, and it’s a “user friendly” composition that encourages tenants to sit and enjoy the outdoors area for lunch, impromptu meetings and people-watching. Every piece of the split-faced wall was matched by hand, leaving no sawn edges exposed. As the judges remarked, “It is a fresh, elegant and simple solution to an otherwis