Harold Roth,
FAIA

This biennial awards issue of Building Stone Magazine celebrates the 2006 recipient of the Bybee Prize, landscape architect Lawrence Halprin and the projects receiving 2006 Tucker Design Awards.

Lawrence Halprin is only the fourth design professional to receive the Bybee Prize, given by the Building Stone Institute (BSI) in recognition of a lifetime of achievement in design excellence exhibiting the use of natural stone.

The Tucker Design Awards, founded in 1977, have over the years become an important part of the design world. Members of the BSI — quarriers, fabricators, installers and distributors — understand the significant role of architects, landscape architects and interior designers in the built environment. Designers appreciate the beauty, strength and versatility of natural stone, forming a true collaboration in the best sense of the word.

Winners of the Tucker Design Awards are chosen from among the submitted entries by a distinguished jury of design professionals. The first jury in 1977, Hugh Hardy, FAIA, and the late Richard Foster, FAIA, honored two projects. Many of America's most accomplished professionals have been asked to serve on Tucker Design Awards juries since, and that tradition will continue in the future.

The Tucker Design Awards are named in honor of the late Beverley R. Tucker Jr., who was president of Buckingham-Virginia Slate Corporation and a past president of the BSI. The Bybee Prize is named in honor of the late Daniel Bybee, who was president of the Bybee Stone Company and also a past president of the BSI.

A review of the 2006 winning projects will attest to the extraordinary creative talent and technical expertise present in the use of natural stone in a range of building types extending from San Francisco to India.

We encourage you to submit your completed projects to the 2008 Tucker Design Awards program. For more information, please visit BSI's website at www.buildingstoneinstitute.org.

Harold Roth, FAIA, is a professional member of the Building Stone Institute serving on the Tucker Design Awards and Editorial committees. A past Chancellor of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects, he is a partner in the firm of Roth and Moore Architects in New Haven, Connecticut.

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