We were delighted to open your issue and see the photo of the stone installation piece of the new Masonry Variations exhibition at the National Building Museum (ENR 10/20 p. 10). It is quite breathtaking, if we do say so ourselves.
While you got one of the exhibitions two points rightpushing classic materials in two directionsthere was an equally important second point, that of collaboration. While crediting architect Jeanne Gang and the engineers who helped make the stone curtain wall work the way it was intended, there was one other person without whom the whole project would remain a dream, or at best, a sketch. That person is master stone mason and International Masonry Institute instructor Matthew Redabaugh.