Invista Gives Antron Design Award to Baskett

Kennesaw, GA, May 6, 2010--Invista presented the Antron Carpet Fiber Designed to Perform Award grand prize to Butler Rogers Baskett for its design of Major League Baseball’s headquarters.

Entries were evaluated on the ability of the design to withstand the test of time, the innovative use of carpet, and how well the design met client business objectives and challenges relative to performance, aesthetics and sustainable benefits.

“We are excited to award the grand prize to Butler Rogers Baskett because carpet played a significant part in the overall design objectives and aesthetics for the space,” said Diane O’Sullivan, global marketing director of Invista’s commercial flooring segment.

The headquarters in New York captures the spirit of the sport by incorporating references to baseball in a sophisticated, non-literal manner. This was achieved by using subtle allusions to the sport, such as bench-seating to reference dugouts, and flooring to represent the grass and dirt zones found on a baseball field, reinterpreted in a combination of carpet and terrazzo.

“Shirt,” by Lees, a brand of the Mohawk Group, features randomly spaced colored stripes that provide a sense of movement and reference the pinstripes found on many uniforms. Performance was of utmost concern to the client, and designers achieved this through the use of high-performance materials.