Lagoon Amusement Park terrazzo floor wins NTMA Honor Award

By AI, Created 10:51 PM UTC, June 01, 2026, /AGP/ – FW Specialties won a 2026 Honor Award from the National Terrazzo & Mosaic Association for Peacock Parlor, a new ice cream shop inside Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, Utah. The Art Deco-inspired terrazzo floor became the centerpiece of a project designed to honor the park’s history, handle heavy foot traffic and visually guide guests through the space.

Why it matters: - The Peacock Parlor floor shows how terrazzo can do more than cover a surface. It can carry brand identity, wayfinding and durability in one installation. - The project also links a historic Utah amusement park, founded in 1896, to its current revitalization after a sweets shop burned in 2021. - FW Specialties’ win highlights technical craftsmanship in a high-visibility public space where design details are meant to be noticed.

What happened: - FW Specialties of Midvale, Utah, received a 2026 Honor Award from the National Terrazzo & Mosaic Association for its terrazzo work at Peacock Parlor. - The award was presented May 13 at the NTMA annual convention. - Peacock Parlor is the new ice cream shop at Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, Utah. - The interior was developed by branding firm Struck and Salt Lake City creative studio WOW Atelier.

The details: - WOW Atelier said terrazzo was the only material that could deliver the needed durability, beauty and design control for an amusement park setting. - The design team rejected tile early because the palette required tighter precision than tile systems could provide. - The entry features a large peacock feather rendered in terrazzo and oriented to guide guests toward the counter. - The floor uses a five-color Art Deco palette with marble aggregates, glass, mirror chips and mother-of-pearl to create depth and iridescence. - Hand-bent brass divider strips form feather eyespots, quills and layered curves. - Coordinated finishes and fixtures extend the same theme through the rest of the interior. - Struck’s Brent Watt sketched references tied to Victorian and Art Deco influences, an atrium-like volume and curvilinear forms linked to the park’s founding era. - The team studied Antoni Gaudí and Victor Horta for their organic geometry, mosaic traditions and nature-inspired detailing. - The peacock theme echoes the real peacocks that roam Lagoon’s grounds. - The interior carries the motif through curving ice cream cases, a canopy, door hardware, booth detailing and a continuous line connecting ceiling elements to the floor. - NTMA supplier American Specialty Glass worked with the design team on aggregate behavior, color calibration and curved brass-strip tolerances. - FW Specialties had previously worked with WOW Atelier on terrazzo projects and handled the installation.

Between the lines: - The project is a reminder that terrazzo can function as both infrastructure and storytelling device. - The floor’s success depends on technical coordination across branding, architecture, material sourcing and installation. - The strongest visual element in the room is the floor itself, which is unusual for a small retail interior and suggests the material carried the concept, not just the finish.

What’s next: - NTMA says the annual Honor Awards recognize terrazzo installations by member contractors based on design achievement, craftsmanship and technical execution. - A full list of this year’s 17 Honor Award recipients is available at NTMA’s website. - NTMA also offers free resources and AIA-registered continuing education for architects and design professionals.

The bottom line: - Peacock Parlor turned a utilitarian floor into the signature feature of a new amusement-park venue, and the NTMA award signals that the industry sees the installation as both technically strong and visually distinctive.