Load-Bearing Concrete Masonry Gets the Job Done at Villanova
More than 450,000 high-strength and standard concrete block form the backbone of Villanova Commons, a new student housing complex opened…
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How Masonry Fulfilled the Green Wishes of the Choctaw
If anyone in the South knows about the sanctity of its land, it’s the Choctaw. Of the 40 million acres…
How CMU Allowed an Architect to Design One of the Five Safest Schools in America
“First and foremost they wanted something that was going to be timeless – a classic design. And they wanted something…
A Car Ride From the Big Apple, a Sanctuary in the Catskills
It’s late in the afternoon on a Friday. Almost the weekend. Architect Jason Shannon is on speakerphone, in his car,…
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Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, 41 Area Owner: Naval Facilities Engineering Command (DOD) Architects: Vazquez Marshall Architects; TranSystems; and Wildman…
Atwater Crossing Residences are CMU, Not Wood
The design intent for the 27 residences at Atwater Crossing in Los Angeles was to create homes with open floor…
A Shining Center Upon a Hill: How SRWs Turned Elevation Into an Asset
Sometimes a grassy hill is all you need to transform a community. If you venture to 550 Shrewsbury Commons Ave,…
Keeping Cool With CMU
Armory Park, Tucson, AZArchitect: Lizard Rock Designs, Tucson, AZGeneral Contractor: W.E. O’Neil. Phoenix, AZMasonry Contractor: Hobbs Masonry, Phoenix, AZBlock Producer: Superlite Block…
Truman Learning Center – Shelter From the Storm
Farmington, MO, School District Architect: Hoener Associates General Contractor: Brockmiller Construction Mason Contractor: Foeste Masonry, Inc. Civil and Structural Engineer: Toth & Associates,…
Revitalization of a Runoff Canal With ACBs
With neighborhoods being threatened with flooding and erosion, Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) used articulating concrete blocks to redirect stormwater…
