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Root Concrete
is
design brought to concrete. . .
This is a page of recommended reading, places to
visit, movies, websites, and activities.
For those interested in learning more about
concrete, I have been collecting references from
every medium. My notes are currently scattered
about written on matchbooks, napkins, scrap wood, my
palm, anything I could get my hands on. I have
a team of interns transcribing these references, but
in the meantime, here is a short list of Internet
Links and books
available about concrete and design.
Links:
www.3axisinc.com
These guys are our
special forces for their CNC router, design, and
computer skills.
www.sugarcreative.com
Scott Havice is a
friend in Phoenix, AZ with an outstanding
graphic design firm.
www.hadquarters.com
Jared Hadfield is
a friend and collaborator in Boston, MA who does
concrete fabrication.
www.sturgismaterials.com
Sturgis is a stone
and aggregate supplier in Kansas City, KS that
we use for all things rock.
www.griainc.com
Grass Roots
Industrial Arts is a design and build operation
in Lawrence, KS.
www.cement.org
The Portland
Cement Association’s website is a great resource
for anyone be they contractors, architects, or
owners that has an interest in using concrete.
www.concretenetwork.com
The Concrete
Network is a all-purpose, workhorse website for
concrete with links to hundreds of decorative
concrete contractors in North America and loads
of ideas and pictures.
www.concretedecor.net
This is the
website for Concrete Décor magazine which is a
publication devoted to decorative concrete with
contractor profiles, great pictures, and great
articles.
www.concreteexchange.com
This website is
devoted to concrete countertops. Fu-Tung Cheng,
author of Concrete Countertops and
Concrete at Home is the mind behind this
site. With a FAQ section and great pictures, it
is a good place for those who want concrete
countertops.
www.concreteconstruction.net
This magazine is
devoted to innovations and marvels in concrete
construction as well as industry facts and
news. The publisher, Hanley-Wood, puts on the
World of Concrete, the big convention in Las
Vegas every year. They also publish Residential
Concrete magazine.
Books:
Bennet,
David. The Art of Precast Concrete. Basel:
Birkhauser, 2005.
Brunskill, Ronald & Clifton-Taylor, Alec.
Brickwork. London: 1977.
CEMEX. Concrete Ideas For Living. Monterrey:
CEMEX, 2005.
Cheng, Fu-Tung. Concrete Countertops. Newtown:
Taunton Press, 2005.
Cheng, Fu-Tung. Concrete at Home. Newtown:
Taunton Press, 2005.
Cort, Louise Allison & Winther-Tamaki, Bert.
Isamu Noguchi & Modern Japanese Ceramics.
Berkeley, Los Angeles & London: Arthur M.
Sackler Gallery in association with the
University of California Press, 2003.
Croft, Catherine. Concrete Architecture. Salt
Lake City: Gibbs.Smith, 2004.
Gaventa, Sarah. Concrete Design. London:
Mitchell Beazley, 2001.
Huber, Jeanne & the Editors of Sunset Books.
Decorative Concrete. Menlo Park: Sunset Books,
2005.
Lovatt-Smith, Lisa. Mediterranean Living. New
York: Watson-Guptill, 1998.
Love, T.W. Concrete and Formwork. Carlsbad:
Craftsman Books, 1973.
McRaven, Charles. Building With Stone. North
Adams: Storey Books, 1989.
McRaven, Charles. Stonework. North Adams: Storey
Books, 1997.
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