Applications

GRC Brick-Faced Panels: Formwork and Joint Solutions at HYLO Tower

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The HYLO Tower project in London’s Islington district began with a structural problem. The original Finsbury Tower, built in the 1960s, stood sixteen stories tall. The design team at Horden Cherry Lee Architects needed to add thirteen more stories while preserving the existing foundation . This required a cladding solution that was both lightweight and substantial … Read more

Rob and Melani Walton Center: Cactus-Inspired GFRC Facade

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The Rob and Melani Walton Center for Planetary Health at Arizona State University rises from a triangular lot in Tempe like a giant cracked-open geode. Clad in a shell of glass fiber-reinforced concrete, the building’s paneled facade draws direct inspiration from the saguaro cactus that dots the Sonoran Desert landscape . This is not a building … Read more