April 20, 2020 – ARLINGTON, Va. – Coverings (coverings.com), the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, today announced 19 projects receiving Coverings Installation & Design (CID) Awards for 2020. The CID Awards celebrate outstanding achievements in the design and installation of tile and stone in both residential and commercial projects.
“We were truly impressed with all of the project submissions we received for this year’s CID Awards program,” said Jennifer Hoff, president of Taffy Event Strategies, LLC, the event management company for Coverings. “However, there were 19 projects that superbly demonstrated the versatility of tile and stone. Coverings is honored to award and recognize their creative and sophisticated applications of tile and stone, each of which showcases the latest industry advances and trends.”
A panel of editors and industry leaders evaluated the project submissions. The submissions were based on tile and stone execution, original usage and overall design and purpose. Special recognition was given to those projects exemplifying spectacular tile and stone applications.
Projects were awarded using eight categorical designations: Residential Tile Installation, Residential Tile Design, Residential Stone Installation, Residential Stone Design, Commercial Tile Installation, Commercial Tile Design, Commercial Stone Installation, and Commercial Stone Design. The CID Awards are sponsored by TileLetter, Tile Magazine and Contemporary Stone & Tile Design Magazine.
2020 CID Award winners and special recognition honorees are as follows:
2020 CID Award Winners: Design
Commercial Stone Design:
Redefining the Classic Brownstone
Chicago, Ill.
Commercial Tile Design, Hospitality:
Mercado Little Spain
New York, N.Y.
Commercial Tile Design:
Valley Plaza
Architecture Design Collaborative
Bakersfield, Calif.
Residential Stone Design, Small:
Lux Modern Master Suite
Hood River, Ore.
Residential Stone Design, Large:
One Man’s Home is Another Man’s Castle
Madison, Va.
Residential Tile Design, Large:
Ocean Reef
Ocean Reef Club, Fla.
Residential Tile Design, Small:
New York Inspired Bathroom
McKinney, Texas
Residential Tile & Stone Design:
Bespoke Renovation
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2020 CID Award Winners: Installation
Commercial Stone Installation:
Christ Cathedral
Garden Grove, Calif.
Commercial Tile Installation:
Hotel Bennett
Charleston, S.C.
Residential Stone Installation:
Portland White House
Columbia River Tile & Stone Inc.
Portland, Ore.
Residential Tile Installation:
Corte Madera Pool Grotto
Corte Madera, Calif.
2020 CID Award Special Recognitions
Innovation in Tile:
12×12 Porcelain Tile as Roof Tile
Sunset, S.C.
International:
Museo de las Colecciones Naturales
Alicante, Spain
Artistic:
Hand-Cut Kachemak Bay Steam Shower
Homer, Ark.
Artistic:
RiverHouse – Bring the Outside In
Point Pleasant, Pa.
Artistic:
Six Beautiful Butterflies
Silverton, Ore.
Artisan Installation:
Hand Cut Octopus Mosaic
Homer, Ark.
Each 2020 CID Award winner received $2,000. The honorees will be celebrated with an awards ceremony at Coverings 2021 and have their projects displayed via a specially designed flipbook and video at coverings.com.
The CID Awards judging panel included Chris Abbate, Novità Communications; Eric Astrachan, Tile Council of North America; Scott Carothers, Ceramic Tile Education Foundation; Kristin Coleman, Novità Communications; John Cox, Cox Tile; Kelly Doyle, Frank Advertising; Dean Horowitz, commARCH; Kathy Meyer, Tile Council of North America; Jennifer Quail, i+D; Jennifer Richinelli, BNP Media/Stone World; James Woelfel, Artcraft Granite, Marble and Tile Co.; and Dacia Woodworth, Natural Stone Institute.
To learn more about the Coverings Installation & Design (CID) Awards, please visit https://www.coverings.com/cid-awards.
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About Coverings: Coverings is the largest and most-significant ceramic tile and natural stone trade fair and exposition in the United States and North America. It features exhibitors from more than 40 countries and is the stage for introducing some of the most innovative tile and stone products in the world.
The exposition and conference serve as a valuable and complimentary continuing education resource for all segments of the industry, with more than 50 educational opportunities throughout the show. Coverings attracts thousands of distributors, retailers, fabricators, contractors, specifies, architectural and design professionals, builders, real estate developers, as well as journalists, reporters and bloggers who cover the vital tile and stone industry.
Sponsors of the show are Ceramics of Italy/Confindustria Ceramica, Ceramic Tile Manufacturers Association of Spain (ASCER), Tile Council of North America (TCNA), National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA), and Ceramic Tile Distributors Association (CTDA).
The show is managed by Taffy Event Strategies, LLC.
Coverings Connected takes place April 20-23, 2020, at coverings.com.
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