Custom-formed stairs showcase vertical, exposed aggregate at this courthouse.
Using a paving system, this headquarters showcases mosaics of sea creatures.
Downtown Chandler receives an updated architectural hardscape.
This shop/loft rehab off the Alaskan coast features multiple techniques and materials.
Cohesion inside and out is achieved with seeded aggregate.
A natural foods grocery store smashes two floor ideas together.
The driveway features integral color, exposed aggregate, and a stamped bands.
A decorative concrete surface was ideal for a water intake plant project.
Decorative concrete work results from creativity and skill, learning the proper techniques, and using products that make a job even better.
Fundamental differences exist between flatwork made with pervious concrete and standard concrete. The surface texture differs noticeably, and when it comes to holding water, they're at opposite ends of the spectrum. But neither of those differences means that pervious can't be decorative.
This year several of the best decorative concrete projects had their beginnings by word of mouth, through a connection at the World of Concrete in Las Vegas, or from people searching online. The projects and the products in North America reach into China and Poland. New ideas, proven products, and...
Mike Schroer, an owner of Bob's Produce Ranch, wanted a minimum maintenance floor to enhance their fresh food-oriented neighborhood grocery. A grocery store design team representative suggested polished concrete. Schroer investigated, installed the floor, and now hopes to use polished concrete in...
We know art because we work with the best airbrush painters in the country,” says Sherri Candland, CFO, ASET, Salt Lake City. “This floor is a work of art without question.” Neil Ohmie, co-owner with Erick Nay of Ky-Kan Coatings, Riverton, Utah, installed the floor that Candland describes as...
Ryan Reedy, president, Metro Properties Group, a developer in Kalamazoo, Mich., created an entertainment center from a half block of older downtown buildings.
Decorative concrete contractors have been working on ways to make pervious pavement more decorative as well as functional. Learning how install durable work remains the first most important step.
An English and Spanish glossary of terms relating to decorative concrete.
The selections here demonstrate how decorative concrete in public spaces and the commercial sector continues to grow and mature. Whether in schools, churches, retail spaces, theaters, grocery stores, and corporate headquarters or along beachfronts, the following projects demonstrate decorative...
Each new project offers Ralph Gasser a new opportunity for creativity. This time, he created stencil patterns, used crumpled aluminum foil as a texturing tool, and doubled countertop formliner nosing as edges for a wheelchair ramp and a bathroom backsplash.
The European Village Resort was under construction when the developer, Peter Roehr, attended World of Concrete 2004 in Orlando.