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Slipform stonemasonry is a method for making a reinforced concrete wall with stone facing in which stones and mortar are built up in courses within reusable slipforms. It is a cross between traditional mortared stone wall and a veneered stone wall. Short forms, up to 60 cm high, are placed on both sides of the wall to serve as a guide for the ...
Variations of this include Frank Lloyd Wright's 'desert masonry' [19] and Institut Balear de l'Habitatge's cyclopean concrete blocks, which are cast in a large slab and precisely sawn for use as prefabricated masonry in the massive precut stone system. Slipform stonemasonry is a variation of Cyclopean concrete stone-wall construction that uses ...
The first residential building of slipform construction; erected in 1950 in Västertorp, Sweden, by AB Bygging Later picture of the residential building in Västertorp. Slip forming, continuous poured, continuously formed, or slipform construction is a construction method in which concrete is placed into a form that may be in continuous motion horizontally, or incrementally raised vertically.
Slipform stonemasonry; Snecked masonry; Stepping stones; Stone carving in Odisha; Stone cladding; Stone flaming; The Stonemason (book) Stone sculpture; Stone sealer; Stone Village Historic District; Stone wall
Polygonal masonry is a technique of stone wall construction. True polygonal masonry is a technique wherein the visible surfaces of the stones are dressed with straight sides or joints, giving the block the appearance of a polygon.
Slipform stonemasonry produces a hybrid wall of reinforced concrete with a rubble stone face. Natural stone veneers over CMU, cast-in-place, or tilt-up concrete walls are widely used to give the appearance of stone masonry. Sometimes river rock of smooth oval-shaped stones is used as a veneer.
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team will arrive at the Pentagon on Monday, a Pentagon spokesperson said, after a delay in signing an agreement after the Nov. 5 election to formally ...
Slipform stonemasonry; Slurry wall; Spirit screen; Steel plate shear wall; Stepped gable; Stone cladding; Stone wall; Stone wall trees in Hong Kong; Structural clay ...