Senate of Canada

In this striking, ingenious example of in-situ recycling, heritage marble was repurposed to complement the aesthetic of a 1909 former railway station. The existing floors, baseboards, wainscoting, and stairs in Missisquoi Grey Marble, a compact local stone, were salvaged and cut into two- by one-and-a-half-inch slabs in random lengths from 10 to 30 inches. Left with irregular edges for hand-crafted charm, the marble bars were then set in a grid in the floor. An epoxy terrazzo mixture was poured around them to complete the installation and the floor was ground to an 800-grit finish.