Color is no longer a specialty add-on in concrete. It has become a mainstream design feature for residential, commercial, and ...

Photos courtesy of Master Builders Inc. Orlando, Fla.’s Portofino Bay Hotel features walkways and plazas that are cast-in-place concrete using Chromix systems to re-create a look of antiquity.

Concrete always draws to the mind block upon block of boring, drab, grey conformity. Massive, squarish, sturdy grey walls of typical concrete are great at holding up buildings, but they don't inspire ...

Two thousand years ago throughout Central and South America, ancient Mayan engineers cooked limestone and created one of the first forms of hydraulic cement. That cement was the foundation of the ...

People frequently write me to ask how to add color to concrete. This question makes sense. Many people dislike concrete’s typical drab gray color. So they ask me about painting garage floors, steps, ...

DAKOTA DUNES, S.D. -- Take it from Deb Carson, plain concrete is just plain ugly. To address that inequity, the former member of the Iowa Air Guard transforms gray concrete into something colorful ...

Dear Jerry: We had a colored, stamped concrete sidewalk installed a few years ago. The mason told us to seal it every year, which we did. This year the color and sealer are peeling off in pieces, ...

The third Colored Concrete Works Award will be presented to modern architects who focus in their work on the beauty and aesthetic quality of this special building material. Previous winners being ...

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