The National Terrazzo and Mosaic Association annually conducts an awards program to honor member contractors for executing exceptional terrazzo work. Projects are judged on the basis of quality of workmanship, design, and creativity. The judging process is completely nonbiased, and conducted by a panel of terrazzo experts and architects who are not made aware of the contractor or location of each job they are evaluating. Every year the Honor Awards competition produces terrazzo installations of exceptional quality, incredible design intricacy, and unbelievable beauty. These stellar terrazzo floors are the result of superior workmanship, precise attention to detail, sensitive artistic ability and thoughtful ingenuity.
The Honor Awards exist because of the architectural and design community. The professionals who specified the terrazzo in these projects should be congratulated for their contribution to the sustainability of each building featured, the low lifecycle costs incurred by the floor, and the enduring artwork of the finish. Each of these floors will last the life of the building, and provide a beautiful finish to all who walk upon them.
2009 JOB OF THE YEAR
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON
GRAINGER HALL ADDITION
Madison, Wisconsin
This addition to UW Madison, Grainger Hall is a beautiful continuation of the harmonized mixture of enduring materials such as terrazzo… click here to read more.
PHOENIX CONVENTION CENTER PHASE II
Phoenix, Arizona
Titled “Ghost Palms,” the project looks at the structure of five different palm trees and equates plant structure and window structure… click here to read more.
INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WEIR COOK TERMINAL – THE GREAT CIRCLE ROUTE
Indianapolis, Indiana
As travelers enter the New Weir Cook Terminal atrium area they must pass over a 10 feet by 220 feet diameter area of epoxy terrazzo art that defines the space… click here to read more.
The goal was to design a Career and Technology Center like none have ever seen before. The C.A.T.E. Center is the perfect marriage of traditional design and contemporary finishes… click here to read more.
This furniture design center wanted a crisp and dramatic flooring for the 71,000 sf of public walking surface within the 17 levels of the center… click here to read more.
The architects, working with the school’s science instructor, asked her class to research eagles and to gather facts, poems, quotes, maps, etc. about eagles that could be incorporated into the flooring… click here to read more.
WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY – MAXWELL HALL
Winona, Minnesota
The BOK Center is a multi-purpose arena and a primary indoor sports and event venue located in the heart of downtown Tulsa, OK. The center is designed by Cesar Pelli, the architect of the Petronas towers in Malaysia… click here to read more.
This specific multi-faceted terrazzo installation involved the application of a new epoxy terrazzo flooring system on the first floor, pre-cast epoxy cove base, treads and risers… click here to read more.
A CONDOMINIUM FOR BART KAVANAUGH AND BETTY SAKS
Miami Beach, Florida
The Legacy Medical Campus was designed with child patients and their families in mind, from the sparkle in the terrazzo floor to the large kinetic sculpture hanging in the main atrium… click here to read more.
The Vue is a luxury residential high-rise nestled at the shores of Lake Eola in Orlando, Florida. The multi-million dollar units in this upscale building demand unique and upscale common areas… click here to read more.
