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The Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library is considered the jewel of the Queens College campus in Flushing, New York. The architecturally exciting building, capable of housing up to 1.3 million volumes, features precast exposed aggregate panels, window walls, and dramatic skylights, providing a functional...
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Concrete is important to Glenn Booth in several ways. The Detroit-born artist combined concrete with rubber, canvas, wood, and other materials to produce his early three-dimensional works of art.
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You don't always have to get a loan to get more cash. By monitoring your company's cash requirements you can see a pattern of cash overages and shortages for the coming months and plan accordingly. Every business has a cash flow cycle: cash flows out to pay for production expenses and accounts...
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The Torridge Bridge near Bideford in North Devon, England, was overall winner in The Concrete Society's 1988 awards competition. The 2,132-foot bridge carries road traffic over the River Torridge and its flood plain, while maintaining a navigation channel in the river for commercial shipping.
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Sparkling black concrete welcomes the footsteps of thousands at the entrance plaza of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. In Houston, graceful white ferrocement "leaves" filter the harsh Texas sunlight to permit comfortable daylight viewing of art objects in the Menil Collection.
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A small announcement in the back pages of Concrete Construction invited readers to send in examples of beautiful concrete. We were pleasantly surprised by the variety of the submissions. Although we can't include all of them, we do want to share some of the fine examples.