As a building professional, you’re always looking for versatile materials that offer superior value. Milestone Imports offers commercial paving, porphyry pavers and cobblestone as the solution for your exterior design challenges.
With increasing environmental regulations for exterior design, porphyry meets high ecological standards:
Logistically, porphyry provides solutions for your clients:
Contact Milestone Imports if you or your client would like more information about porphyry, or if you’d like to see a sample.
Carmel, CA
Copper Mt. Porphyry
4”x4” pavers
Key Considerations:
Milestone’s solution for the design of Santa Lucia’s golf clubhouse included 4×4 pavers to instill beauty and functionality while working well with architectural elements and native surroundings. When it came down to the process of choosing the stone that would fit Santa Lucia Preserve’s aura, the client found solace in exploring Milestone Imports’ Porphyry Manual for more detail on aesthetics and durability. Read more here.
Palo Alto, CA
Storm Grey Porphyry
4”x4” pavers
Key Considerations:
Milestone Imports contributed to The Rosewood Hotel’s “Silicon Valley energy” with the addition of a driveway constructed with Storm Grey 4×4 Porphyry pavers — alluring pieces of stone that hold a compressive strength of 27,557 PSI (pounds per square inch). While jointing mortar is a go-to installation method of Milestone Imports, we opted for sand-setting on this specific project to incorporate optimal flexibility within the design. Read more here.
Pietra Antico Porphyry
4”x4” pavers
Key Considerations:
Beauty and safety. The natural cleft finish of Porphyry paving stones meets the requirements of the American Disability Act (ADA) when set correctly for both slip resistance and smoothness. Ideal for commercial installations.
Washington, DC - Old Navy Yards
Storm Grey Porphyry
4”x4” pavers
Perpendicular Rows Pattern
Key considerations:
Form, Function and Utility
The need to look great while holding up in heavy pedestrian traffic and meeting ADA requirements with very little maintenance.
Santa Fe, NM
Labyrinth modeled on the design from Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres, Chartres, France
Copper Mt Porphyry w/green Porphyry highlights
Custom cuts and pattern
Key considerations
Historical accuracy meeting modern demands
Saw cut custom edges meeting ADA requirements with very low maintenance
Copper Mt Porphyry
6”x Random Lengths
Running Bond Pattern
Key considerations:
Quality look with a Restaurant and pedestrian traffic
Low maintenance meeting ADA concern
Denver, CO
Copper Mt Porphyry & Storm Grey Porphyry
4”x4” pavers
Perpendicular Pattern set with GftK Jointing Mortar
Key considerations
High end look meeting multiple stress angles (turning, stopping, staring etc.)
Extreme freeze / thaw weather conditions requiring slip resistance and needing very low maintenance.
Santa Fe, NM
Copper Mt Porphyry
4” cubes for the circle pattern
6”x random lengths in a running bond pattern
Key considerations
Create a beautiful landscape element
Extreme weather cycles needing to meet freeze that requirements
Santa Fe, NM
Copper Mt Porphyry
Various sizes and patterns
Key considerations
Historical look and feel meeting ADA requirements
Offering very low maintenance
Oregon House, CA
Copper Mt Porphyry
6”x6” squares in a perpendicular pattern
Key considerations
European style and design
Meet ADA requirements
Washington, DC
Storm Grey Porphyry
4”x4” pavers
Running bond pattern
Key considerations
Classic, quality look with exceptional durability and low maintenance
Set with Gftk vdw jointing mortar
Palm Beach, FL
Copper Mt Porphyry
12”x12” & 4”x4” pavers
Running bond pattern
Key considerations
Elegant entrance way meeting demands for variable traffic loads
Meet ADA requirements
Very low maintenance
Santa Fe, NM
Copper Mt Porphyry
4”x4” pavers
Running bond pattern
Key considerations
Historical look meeting ADA requirements
Very low maintenance
Cincinnati, Ohio
Copper Mt Porphyry & Storm Grey Porphyry
4”x4” pavers
Running bond pattern
Key considerations
Historical feel meeting ADA requirements
Low maintenance in a freeze thaw environment
Cape Cod, MA
Copper Mt. Porphyry
4”x4” pavers
Key Considerations:
Beauty, elegance, safety in extreme weather conditions. Copper Mt. Porphyry has a compressive strength of 17,622 PSI and porosity at 0.647% making it almost impervious to moisture and eliminates any threat of freezing and thawing concerns.