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This York Building Products project used Rustic Face CMU, which features a textured face block generated by blasting small pellets at the surface of the unit. This “shot blasting” produces a final product that leaves the larger pieces of aggregate in pla

More and more communities are adopting the mixed material veneer look. Manufactured stone veneers add speed and economy to the building process, but also can dress up buildings more effectively than painted block with little effort. Features • What I

Our firm, Croxton Collaborative Architects (CCA), a founder of the modern sustainability movement, recently completed the 21,000-square-foot international headquarters for Iredale Mineral Cosmetics (IMC)—manufacturers of jane iredale—in Great Barrington,

Watershed Materials is teaming up with Westlake Urban and Alpha Group to explore a solution to a problem that real estate developers often face—excavation that has to be moved off a construction site to make way for new buildings. Rather than haul off th

The Symbol of Sibenik

The Marble Institute of America (MIA) has launched a new online resource library. For the first time, all MIA technical documents will be a

Based on the company’s award-winning Profit Through Knowledge (PTK) technical seminars, this e-le

Engineer Challenges Historical Theories on Building of Egypt’s Pyramids

Cintec International, a leader in the field of structural masonry retrofit strengthening, repair, and preservation, reported recently that its patented anchors were used in the restoration of Astley Castle in Warwickshire, England. Following its renovat

Now through May, a Masonry Education Webinar Series is available, sponsored by the International Masonry Institute.

SSIP versus ROAR: Stone Masonry Facades of Historic Church

MARTa Herford Museum

Historic Nashville Structures

Young Centre for the Performing Arts