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• Decorative concrete — Stamped Concrete in various patterns, highlighted with acid stain) Decorative concrete is the use of concrete as not simply a utilitarian medium for construction but as an aesthetic enhancement to a structure, while still serving its function as… …   Wikipedia

• Concrete — This article is about the construction material. For other uses, see Concrete (disambiguation). Outer view of the Roman Pantheon, still the largest unreinforced solid concrete dome.[1] …   Wikipedia

• CONCRETE —    Concrete is a compound made from sand, gravel, and cement, while cement is a mixture of minerals that become hard when water is added, binding the sand and gravel into a solid mass. Although concrete is traditionally considered an Ancient… …   Historical Dictionary of Architecture

• Concrete polishing — The art of concrete polishing is a recent innovation to the concrete industry. It is a process that was adapted from the ancient method of polishing stone.The adaption of polished concrete was first originated in the early 1990 s by an engineer… …   Wikipedia

• Polished concrete — Black basalt polished concrete floor Polished concrete is concrete that has been treated with a chemical densifier and ground with progressively finer grinding tools. The grinding tools are usually progressive grits of diamond grinding cup wheels …   Wikipedia

• Stamped concrete — is concrete that is patterned and/or textured to resemble brick, slate, flagstone, stone, tile, wood, and various other patterns and textures. Stamped concrete is commonly used for patios, sidewalks, driveways, and floors. The ability of stamped… …   Wikipedia

• Reinforced concrete — is concrete in which reinforcement bars ( rebars ), reinforcement grids, plates or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the concrete in tension. It was invented by French gardener Joseph Monier in 1849 and patented in 1867.[1] The term… …   Wikipedia

• off-form concrete — /ɒf fɔm ˈkɒŋkrit/ (say of fawm kongkreet) noun concrete in which the impressions left by the form work are used as a decorative surface …  

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• Bartle Hall Convention Center — (often referred to as the Kansas City Convention Center or simply Bartle Hall) is a major exposition hall in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA. It is named for Harold Roe Bartle, a prominent, two term mayor of Kansas City in the 1950s and early …   Wikipedia

• Paradise Palms — is a Mid Century Modern housing tract in Las Vegas, Nevada.In the 1960s Molasky Development hired the young architectural firm of Palmer and Krisel fresh from their success building hundreds of successful tract homes for Alexander Homes and other …   Wikipedia