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Maritime Museum Gets a Decorative Concrete Upgrade

Concrete Overlays & Toppings Vol. 10 No. 1 - January 2010 by David Searls Comments are Disabled

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.

Polished Concrete Floor Reflects Local Culture at Knight Museum

Concrete Polishing Vol. 10 No. 1 - January 2010 by David Searls Comments are Disabled

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 Polishing Concrete Overlays & Toppings Vol. 10 No. 1 - January 2010 by David Searls Comments are Disabled

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.