Words: Sa Bal Photos Courtesy of ©David Sundberg/Esto Photographics, ©Miguel de Guzmán/ImagenSubliminal The Approach: Taking the First Step to Design a State-of-the-Art Building The goal of this project was to produce a statement building boasting market-rate style at affordable costs. To achieve this, our firm took the following steps: The goal of this project was to …
Words: Carrie SniderPhotos courtesy of Bill Fritsch and provided by Bray Architects Editorial Note: An earlier version of this article did not specify the age of masonry materials used for the project and incorrectly identified the quarry. It has been updated as of April 4th, 2022. Located just west of Minneapolis-St. Paul is Hudson, Wisconsin, …
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Words: Tom Vacala | Editing: MASONRY MagazinePhotos: Restore Masonry Inc. Historical restoration and preservation of masonry demands a high level of respect. Though a wide array of processes and products can be used to pull it off, it takes the right knowledge to get the job done right. A different approach must be taken when …
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Jude Nosek In 2006 I was in a serious accident. The cause was my stubbornness and some ruts dried into a crushed limestone bicycle path. I was an avid cyclist, often riding to work two or three times a week. The limestone path was part of my route home, the stubbornness part of my numerous …
Words: Senior National Account Executive Nate Oland, Federated InsurancePhotos: Federated Insurance Would you ever agree to drive the length of a football field with your eyes closed? Probably not—and yet, at 55 mph, that’s approximately how far your vehicle will have traveled while you’ve spent five seconds reading or composing a text message instead of …
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Words and Photos: Texas Masonry Council The Texas Masonry Council has had a year of growth – in our staff, our membership, and in achieving milestones in our initiatives. In the state of Texas, like many other states, we see an age gap in our workforce; this has sparked us to initiate a workforce development …
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Words: Steve HansenPhoto: Block Strong March brings us the NCAA March Madness college basketball tournament, as you know. March also brings us Block Strong’s March Masonry Matchup. This voter-driven event pares a field of “sweet 16” concrete block home designs down to a final winner. The votes will be tallied each week from March 1 …
Words: Don Foster and Mike WalkerPhotos: Masonry Cosmetics, Inc. How often do you think about how strong a brick is? Better said, what is the compressive strength of a typical brick? Tests can be run to tell us that information, with meeting or exceeding ASTM minimum requirements as a goal. What if I were to …
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