Architectural Cast in Place Concrete Works ~ Houston Texas

Architectural Cast in Place Concrete Works ~ Houston Texas ENTER

ConcreteForever.com® Architectural Products is proud to be an AMERICAN OWNED and operated company,
All of our products are hand crafted right here in Houston, Texas, by Americans and for Americans –
providing quality products, service and support to our customers for almost two decades .

SCI AWARDS 2003

ConcreteForever.com® Architectural Products are recognized as one of the Architectural Industry's
prominent Manufacturers of Quality Cast in place and Pre-cast Cementious Architectural products.

ConcreteForever.com® Architectural Concrete Products has been named a winner of Concrete Architecture
magazine's First annual SCI Awards — Architect's Choice of Excellence.

Subscribers of Architecture have recognized ConcreteForever.com® Architectural Products for excellence as
an architectural manufacturer through a special ballot, which appeared in the April, May and June issues of
Concrete Architecture magazine.

Nearly 90,000 of the industry's most qualified architectural professionals were asked to make their selections
for the best manufacturers in the field — the products and services that exemplified excellence in durability,
customer service, value and design.

"To be selected by such a high-profile audience of architects is a significant endorsement," states
Architecture publisher Suzanne Haber. "We are pleased that we have created the SCI program to further
support the industry."

A complete list of winners from all 42 categories will appear in Concrete Architecture's December 2002 issue
and will be featured on the Architecture Web site.

Along with architectural precast concrete panels, trim and moldings for a buildings facade ConcreteForever.
com® also specializes in the art of sculptural precast concrete where a mold is carved from clay to make a
positive of the pattern. A negative of the pattern must then be cast to use as a form for the finished piece.

With its many artisans, craftsmen and architects on staff, ConcreteForever.com® has worked on some of the
most prominent buildings in the area. Architectural Concrete's projects range from governmental,
institutional, educational, residential and Commercial properties.

Our Hand and machine-made concrete molds define structural hierarchy as the arrangement of structure
(both man made and in nature) that most efficiently evolved as a response to the loading configuration to
which it is subjected. The coincidence of optimal load transfer between associated elements and the forms
that have evolved as a response to the many complex environmental conditions are a living demonstration of
the visual harmony that exists between form and function.

Contrary to some of the modern movement beliefs that form followed function and later on the post modernist
thesis that form precedes function, I contend that the most elegant structures that evolved historically, have
combined form and function in a symbiotic relationship, much like the process of evolution and the forms that
we see in nature. Man-made forms followed an intuitive response to available materials of their time and have
continued to evolve through the advent of new materials. This required a degree of flexibility in conceptual
vision toward combining form and function, rather than an obsession of expressing form through an
understanding of structural mechanics. A purist approach, whilst in many cases is directly applicable and
efficient such as in the construction of bridges, and in this case, stamped and architectural concrete
products such as walkways, floors, buildings, walls, etc can however also narrow vision and potentiality, not
to mention resulting in ugly structures (as evidenced in many concrete construction projects performed by
inexperienced workmen of the past).

We strive to create an academic environment in which outstanding Journeymen
and Craftsman from around the world are continually challenged and inspired
to do their best possible work.

I am pleased to welcome you to ConcreteForever.com. I hope that you will find your stay both enlightening
and enjoyable."

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