Words: Nick VaccaroPhotos: sturti, xavierarnau The world of masonry is a significant component that makes up the construction process. Much like other specialty trades, the work of a mason is very much an art form that has been passed down from one generation to the next. In many scenarios, a bricklayer’s son has joined the …
Words: Nick VaccaroPhotos: Cascadia Architectural Photography Services LLC Those who appreciate fine architecture recognize it as an art form. Like a painter with a palette of various color shades, the different building materials serve the same purpose. They are the colors applied to the canvas. Each requires a specific skill, and its roots can be …
Words: Vanessa SalviaPhoto: ilkercelik Winter is a cozy time of family togetherness, fluffy slippers, mugs of steaming hot cocoa, and everyone in the household getting along all the time. At work, you can’t wear the fluffy slippers but everyone is joyful and happy to go to meetings where they can snack on snowflake-shaped cookies. Oh, wait …
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Large pieces, specific color requirements create beautiful new spaces at Michigan’s Frederik Meijer Gardens Words: Jason Kron, Director of SalesPhotos: JK Masonry, David Sparks Photography Grand Rapids, Michigan, is home to one of the nation’s premier sculpture and botanical gardens – Frederik Meijer Gardens. In 2017, Meijer Gardens announced plans for a $115-million expansion, including …
Granite Plays Key Role in Challenging Gardens Upgrade Read More
Words: MASONRY Magazine Photos: Logan Foster Editor’s Note: In the first GEN NXT interview of the year, we sat down with Logan Foster, Operations Manager of Masonry Cosmetics. Logan was born into the masonry industry as his father, Don Foster, has worked in the industry for 40 years. Masonry Cosmetics is the new sponsor of the …
Words: Michael VaughnPhotos: Echelon Masonry The construction marketplace has changed dramatically over the past few years, with wood being the framing choice for multi-family and other commercial construction mainly due to cost. The shortage and rising cost of lumber coupled with the impact of global climate change have combined to drive owners, developers and contractors …
Jude Nosek There is nothing permanent except change. –Heraclitus (450 BC). In 2005 I interviewed a marine biologist about how he and his co-workers used fiberglass tape measures to conduct their surveys. Sometimes these surveys took place on the land adjacent to the sea, sometimes in the tidal pools, sometimes in the sea itself. A …
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Damian Lang Apart from a few lean years, we have had a fantastic 37 year run in the construction business. I would like to say that we have long since moved away from the mistake of taking work too cheaply, but occasionally we find ourselves in this situation. Take the time we bid on …
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