Ceramic Tiles of Italy Design Winners Announced

New York, NY, April 27, 2009--Ceramic Tiles of Italy Design Competition winners have been named.

Confindustria Ceramica, the Association of Italian Ceramics and the Italian Trade Commission, received the highest number of submissions in the competition’s 16-year history.

The review committee selected three top prizes and three honorable mentions.

In the Commercial category, Cooper Carry was chosen as the winner for the renovation of Newport Center, an upscale mall located in Jersey City, N.J. The company used tiles from four different Italian tile manufacturers to give the interior an elegant facelift.

The top Institutional award went to Baldinger Architectural Studio for the design of the Disability Empowerment Center of Arizona (DEC), a 64,000 square foot non-profit disability services campus.

The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture received the Residential prize for its design and construction of Taliesin MOD.FAB, a modular, prefabricated home that will be used to house visiting lecturers, faculty and advisors.

Finally, Honorable mentions were awarded to: Gross Kaplin Coviensky Architects (GKC) for the Head Office Dollarama (Commercial); Groth Design Group, Inc for the St. Jerome Catholic Church (Institutional) and Ziger/Snead LLP for the Woodvalley House (Residential).