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Using GFRC Effectively in the Landscape About Landscape Design Landscape design, if done well, meets the owner’s needs, enhances the community, increases the property’s resale value, and minimizes the human impact on the environment.  Considerable thought and planning are necessary if a landscape design is to meet all these goals. Factors to Consider in Landscape […]

GFRC Info:  Historic Restoration and Replication of Terra Cotta and Stone Facades with GFRC and Architectural Fiberglass   Terra Cotta and Stone Facades Lose Their Grip as They Age New York City has some magnificent old buildings.  On occasion, the age of these buildings causes problems.  On rare occasions, some part of these buildings poses […]

Life-Cycle Costing Shows GFRC Outshines the Competition The Life-cycle cost of a product is the cost of a product throughout its lifetime. When comparing two products, it is important to examine both products’ life-cycle cost – not just the cost up-front.  Sometimes the one that is the cheapest at first glance can be the most […]

Lighting with GFRC:  Part 1   Have you ever been in a room that was so poorly lighted you cannot see where you are going?  Or brightly lit, but the lights shone right in your eyes as you tried to look around?  What about a path when it grows dark and you can no longer […]

Using GFRC to Manage Your Acoustics Acoustics in Architecture Acoustics are important in architecture.  No one wants to live in a noisy home or shop in a noisy store.  Focusing on noise reduction is especially important when the building in question is near a  noisy freeway, playground, or other noisy venue.  Acoustics management allows audiences […]

Stromberg GFRC Helps Preserve Historic Buildings About Historical Preservation of Buildings Historical preservation is one of the keys to our past.  It is restoring things to as close to the way they were when they were new as we can get.  Some additions or modifications may be made, but they  must not change the essential […]

Classical Orders for GFRC Entablatures   About Entablatures An entablature is the superstructure above the column but below the roof.  The architecture of the entablature is generally chosen to match the architecture of the column.  One would not put a Doric entablature over an Ionic column, for example. Entablatures are comprised of three parts: the […]

Classical Orders for GFRC Columns About Classical Orders of Architecture The ancient Greeks were the first people to build extensively using what we now call Classical Architecture.  Their extensive temples and other public buildings allowed them to hone these forms.  The Romans, particularly Vitruvius, appreciated these principles. Vitruvius wrote Ten Books on Architecture in about […]

GFRC Wayfinding: Breadcrumbs for Your Patrons   Wayfinding has come a long way from following a humble trail of breadcrumbs. Whether you are flagging a trail through a city with directional signage, or marking the boundaries of a college campus with signage, it is reassuring for patrons, guests or customers to have something to look […]

Illuminated Bollards in GFRC from Stromberg Architectural Products Illuminated bollards meet both the need for security and the need for light.  They can be used to line paths or block the flow of traffic, just as normal bollards can.  The addition of the light, however, means they are more visible and less likely to be […]