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| Torgersen Hall houses the Department of Advanced Communications and Information Technology at Virginia Tech, but it also serves as a main entrance to the campus. The building encloses 150,000 square feet of floor space, and its size and design complement the University Gothic architecture in the central campus. The Architect wanted the precast trim to accent the natural “Hokie Stone”. There are 3,536 individual wet-cast architectural precast concrete pieces on this building, 32 of which are uniquely sculptured panels made to look like hand chiseled limestone. FEDERAL WHITE CEMENT was used with natural sand and a small amount of pigment to achieve the tan color the architect was looking for to compliment the natural stone. All pieces were acid-etched to simulate the texture of natural limestone at a fraction of the cost. The precast won Craftsmanship Awards in1999 and 2000, as well as a 2002 Design and Manufacturing Excellence Award from the Architectural Precast Association. The 2002 Jury commented: “It appears from the photographs that the quality of the precast work is excellent, with good color consistency throughout the project.” | ||||||
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| Peakview Office is clad in over 300 pieces of architectural precast by the Stresscon Corporation. The cladding consists of two colors, gray and white, both of which used FEDERAL WHITE CEMENT. (The majority of the panels used white cement accentuated with darker panels using a combination of white and gray cement.) | ||||||
| Project: Peakview Office Building I, Denver, Colorado Architect: SEM Architects, Denver, Colorado Precast Manufacturer: Sresscon Corporation 3210 Astrozon Blvd.Colorado Springs, Colorado |
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| The two projects highlighted below were the award winners at the 2001 Cast Stone Institute's Award Banquet. With the use of FEDERAL WHITE CEMENT both producers were able to simulate the natural stone appearance the architects chose to accentuate their projects. |
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| Project: Church of the Apostles, Atlanta, GA Architect: CDH Partners, Inc. Marietta, GA Cast Stone: Architectural Ornamental Casting Manufacture: 2270 East Ponce Deleon Ave., Decature, GA Number of Cast Stone Pieces: 12,000 |
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| Project: Rice University Humanities Building Houston, Texas Architect: Allan Greensberg Architect Washington, DC Cast Stone: Dallas Cast Stone, Inc Manufacturer: 4107 Hancock Street, Dallas Texas Number of Cast Stone Pieces: 4,500 |
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CNL Towers is clad in over 1,000 pieces of architectural precast provided by Gate Precast. The cladding consists of two colors, both of which used FEDERAL WHITE CEMENT. The majority of the panels are pigmented to a rose color with pure white panels used to accentuate the project. |
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Project: CNL Towers, Orlando, Florida Architect: HKS Architects, Orlando, Florida Precast Manufacturer: Gate Precast Company Highway 21 South Monroeville, Alabama |
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