Winter’s on its way! It’s time to think about adding hearths and fireplace surrounds to your decorative concrete offerings
Concrete Furniture
Usually precast but can be poured on-site in all colors and textures, concrete furniture includes tables, chairs, benches and a never-ending list of accessories from lamps and stools to planters and bookcases.
Concrete Fire Pit Warms up Restaurant
A fire pit is not an unusual feature for a nice restaurant, but there is something unique about the built-in fire pit at Wild Salsa.
Concrete Table Brings a Community Together
There’s a massive table in Asheville, North Carolina, crafted from precast GFRC and an 18-foot-long red oak log. Tipping the scales at 12,000 pounds, the elusive log alone took the men behind the table more than a year to find. And once they did it was “a bit of a dance” to make the table whole.
Concrete Chess Table Stars in Backyard Spa Remodel
Transforming tired and dated backyard retreats into personal and welcoming family havens just so happens to be Scott Cohen’s specialty. This specialty shows itself in a recent project featuring a concrete chess table. “Decorative concrete continues to be a growing trend in our high-end swimming pool and outdoor kitchen designs,” […]
Tip-Top Concrete Tables and Counters
Concrete Decor salutes artisans nationwide for their ingenuity and creativity in designing tables and countertops. Here are 10 of our discoveries.
Helicopter Makes Concrete Job Uplifting
When Brandon Gore of Gore Design Co., now located in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, accepted a job furnishing a huge outdoor patio on the top floor of a client’s building in Phoenix, Arizona, there were three massive cranes on the job site. Together with the landscape architect, Gore’s design of concrete […]
Specialty Fibers Weave their Way into More Decorative Projects
Aldo Buffone thinks of his avocation to be more artist than contractor. Either way, Buffone’s efforts are one of an innovator. 1025 Studio, the Philadelphia-based artisan’s company, has garnered a local reputation for its creative upgrades of the city’s historic downtown loft structures.
A Guide to Building Concrete Fire Features
Throughout the United States and Canada, even in cold climates, homeowners are clamoring for outdoor kitchens and living spaces, using concrete as the material, to enhance the beauty, comfort and resale value of their homes.
How One Artisan Created Perfect Harmony with a Concrete Table
The Chomisteks call this piece the “Harmony Table.” The concrete table depicts harmony between earth, fire and water. At the same time, it maintains the harmony within their clients’ household.
Concrete Bowls Provide Birds With Water
Deborah Brackenbury is no stranger to art — she’s been a photographer since the 1980s. But after a search for the perfect birdbath fell short, she made herself into a concrete artisan.
Recent
Lou Parous Named President and Chief Executive Officer of the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute
ASA’s 2024 Outstanding Shotcrete Project Awards
Sika Launches SikaWall-3000 Rapid Bond, a fast set adhesive for EIFS installation
ACI Launches Mentorship Program for Young Members
How Admixture Technology Enhances Decorative Concrete Performance
