The Stone Federation has announced the winners of the biennial Natural Stone Awards during an event held on 6 December at the Leonardo Royal London Tower Bridge.

Proceedings opened with an address from Stone Federation president, Adrian Attwood. Commentator Jim Rosenthal hosted the event and National Lottery ‘voice of the balls’ Alan Dedicoat announced the winners. Kevin McCloud presented the awards. 

In total, there were 14 categories highlighting and celebrate success across the stone industry. The winners were as follows:

New Build Cladding Traditional Handset – Winner
Auckland Castle Faith Museum, Co. Durham

New Build Cladding Precast – Highly Commended
18-20 Greycoat Place, London

New Build Cladding Rainscreen – Winner
Auckland Castle Faith Museum, Co. Durham – Roof

New Build Traditional Load-bearing Stonemasonry – Winner 
Private Residence, Surrey

New build Traditional Stonemasonry – Winner
Private Chapel, Suffolk

Repair & Restoration (Commercial) – Winner
Primark - The Bank Buildings, Belfast

Repair & Restoration (Ecclesiastical) – Highly Commended
St. Philip's Church Litherland, Liverpool - North Transept Window

Repair & Restoration (Cathedrals) – Winner
Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire                       

Interiors – Winner
Rhodes House, Oxford

Landscape (Commercial & Public Realm) – Winner
M8 Footbridge, Glasgow

International – Certificate of Recognition
Perelman Performing Arts Center, New York

Landscape (Domestic) – Winner
Seaview Farm & Garden, Dornoch, Scotland

Craftsmanship – Winner
Mitchell Library, Glasgow

Art in Stone – Winner
Torus of Time & Tower of Time, Oxfordshire

International – Certificate of Recognition
The British Normandy Memorial, France

Full details of the winners can be found in the Natural Stone Awards programme, available to view here.           

Complete coverage will appear in the next issue of Stone Specialist.