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A digital rendering shows a modern, multi-story glass building next to a river, surrounded by green spaces, walkways, parking areas, and several other rectangular office buildings in the background.

Rite-Hite Global Headquarters

Location: Milwaukee, WI

Quarra Stone Company was entrusted with fabricating and supplying natural granite for the new Rite-Hite Global Headquarters, a landmark campus designed to reflect innovation, scale, and endurance. From broad exterior elevations to finely crafted interior elements, this project highlights both the versatility of natural stone and the precision of Quarra’s production process.

A modern glass office building, serving as the Rite-Hite Global Headquarters, features three flagpoles in front—one flying the U.S. flag and another a blue flag. Tall grasses and landscaped greenery line the walkway on a sunny day.

A Material Vision Realized

The scope of work required an extensive stone package: 47,939 square feet of granite, fabricated into 7,243 unique pieces and delivered in 33 truckloads. Each piece was cut, finished, and quality-checked to meet exacting standards.
Applications included:
  • Exterior architectural elements: granite cladding for the parking structure, technology building, and office façades, providing a durable and refined exterior skin.
  • Interior features: precision fabrication for wall surfaces, base flooring, and hooked stair treads, ensuring consistency and durability in high-traffic areas.
  • Specialty fabrication: a custom granite reception desk, crafted as the centerpiece of the interior design.
  • Site paving: over 20,000 square feet of thermal paving, finished in balance/honed treatments to combine resilience with aesthetic harmony.
A tall, upright slab of dark stone with vertical grooves stands in a quarry next to smooth stone walls at the Rite-Hite Global Headquarters. An orange ladder leans against the slab under a clear blue sky, with tools and cables nearby.

Craft, Scale & Precision

The Rite-Hite project illustrates Quarra’s ability to deliver on both scale and detail. Managing thousands of unique pieces required tight coordination, dimensional accuracy, and careful sequencing to ensure seamless installation. At the same time, attention to finish quality allowed the stone to perform not only as a technical solution but also as a defining architectural statement.
From cladding large façades to shaping intricate stair components, Quarra’s team applied the same rigorous standards throughout—demonstrating the adaptability of natural stone across different applications.
A large quarry with rectangular stone blocks, machinery, and workers scattered around. Trees surround the excavation site under a clear blue sky, while water-filled pits and dust cover the ground—just steps from the Rite-Hite Global Headquarters.

Collaboration & Impact

  • Architect: Eppstein Uhen Architects (EUA)
  • Contractor: C.D. Smith Construction

This project was a true collaboration between designer, builder, and fabricator. EUA’s architectural vision called for stone to play a unifying role across exterior and interior environments, while C.D. Smith’s execution demanded materials that were reliable, precise, and on schedule. Quarra delivered both, ensuring that every element—from site paving to reception desk—reinforced the building’s identity as a forward-looking corporate campus.

A modern glass building, serving as Rite-Hite’s Global Headquarters, features large windows reflecting nearby structures and is landscaped with green bushes and mulch along the sidewalk under a clear blue sky.

A Testament to Stone in Contemporary Architecture

The Rite-Hite Global Headquarters demonstrates how natural stone, when fabricated with precision and intent, becomes more than just a building material. It performs at scale, enriches daily experience, and contributes lasting beauty to the built environment. For Quarra, this project represents not only the successful delivery of a complex stone package but also a reaffirmation of stone’s enduring role in contemporary architectural design.
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