Along with being incredibly easy to clean and maintain, concrete finishes provide a sleek, modern element to any home. One of the few downsides to concrete is that it can crack, but that isn't a ...

Push or pull the screed board across the forms with a back-and-forth sawing motion. Shove concrete into low spots in front of the screed board. Repeat to remove excess concrete. Form and Pour a ...

While there are many reasons for smooth, featureless walls, when you want the look of stone, brick, wood or other high-end architectural finishes, patterned concrete makes an attractive, inexpensive ...

"Exposed to public view," "exposed to view," "prominently exposed to public view" and "permanently exposed to view" are common phrases used in specifications for structural concrete. Typically, ...

Kitchens with exposed concrete surfaces take centre stage in this lookbook, which includes homes in Mexico, Japan and Ireland. Concrete is a ubiquitous material in architecture, but it is less ...

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