Hurricane proof concrete planks made to look like the original wood floor of the museum were the perfect touch. Durable, easy to clean and homey, the North Caroline Maritime Museum couldn’t have asked for a better fit.
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Polished Concrete Floor Reflects Local Culture at Knight Museum
You’ve heard of Stonehenge, right? How about Carhenge? It’s an installation of half-buried cars, all laid out in a circular pattern that mimics the site’s much older and more famous cousin. The pocket of western Nebraska that includes Carhenge and the nearby town of Alliance can seem about as windblown and mystically alien as the legendary British Isles site itself.
Perfectly Unpretty: Concrete Work in Illinois Holocaust Museum Speaks to Design Aesthetic
Concrete Re-Surfacing Technologies Inc. of Palos Park, Ill., was brought in to finish 8,000 square feet of plain concrete floor at the new Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, one of the nation’s largest memorials to the loss of millions of innocent lives during some of Europe’s darkest hours.
Bell Tower in Texas Modeled After Historic European Version
Bruce Williamson, of Carrollton, Texas, and a team from French manufacturer Decopierre used a unique limestone veneer to give this bell tower a historic look.
Freeman Justice Center Historical Mural
Even a tropical storm couldn’t stop these master craftsmen from lending their artistic touch to the entryway of a new courthouse.
Border Tools and Designs
Classic Native American patterns, wild horses, tropical fish: today’s border-stamp makers are living on the edge.
Faux Finished Illusions on Concrete
Bob Harris is probably best known as founder and president of the Decorative Concrete Institute. But one of his side passions is faux finishing.
The Natural World in Cast-in-place Concrete Relief Murals
Artist and designer Linda Patterson of Newark, Calif., created 15 cast-in-place relief murals — 2,136 linear feet in all — to adorn underpasses along the 12.8-mile San Tomas Aquino / Saratoga Creek Trail in Santa Clara County, Calif.
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