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John's CMU selections

Hey guys. Here are my suggestions for brick and cmu colors.


U1/U3- Trenwyth Astra-Glaze-SW+ - Chili pepper





U2- Trenwyth Trendstone - Indian summer









U4- Trenwyth Split-face - Manchester








U5- Trenwyth Prairie Stone - Buff groundstone







U8- Robinson Brick Co. CMU - Charcoal








B1- Robinson Brick Co. Architectural Classics - Coffeebean

B2- Robinson Brick Co. Architectural Classics - Wheatfield

Glazing System Choices

The short list for the glazing systems that are appropriate for use in the project . You can factor in the appearance of the glazing framing in the choice of your overall palette.
Vistawall
http://www.vistawall.com/
Curtainwall: Vistawall CW-250 1" Glazing Captured 2-1/2" x 5 3/4" frame 1" glass
Storefront: Vistawall FG-3000-T 2" x 4 1/2" Frame 1" glass
Kawneer http://www.kawneer.com/products/Product_Information/products_information.htm Curtainwall: Kawneer 1600 Wall System 2" x 6" frame 1" glass Storefront: Kawneer Trifab VG451T 2" x 4 1/2" frame 1" glass
The Kawneer color palette can be found at:
http://www.alcoa.com/bcs/kawneer_namer/catalog/pdf/Finishes/Fluropon_Chart--F.pdf

Both of these were selected as they have the most options in finish choices. Which ever manufacturer the team selects, the same source should be used for both curtainwall and storefront applications.

CMU design ideas

OK BlueTech,

This is my first posting as I am temporarily without a computer due to a home PC crash but I found some interesting ideas. I thought we could go two ways, warm or cool. Warm would be reds and tan/buff/beige with a darker brown trim or cool which we could use blues/greens on whites and greys.

Warm examples:

Glen-Gery Brick Beige w/spec (S42) extruded facebrick (B2 to match U2)
http://www.glengerybrick.com

Or if we want a more elegant look we could go with a glazed facing:

Endicott Brick glazed ware - ceramic face glazed brick Taupe (B2 to match U2)

http://www.endicott.com/gw-cc.htm

Trenwyth Trendstone Plus Quarry Buff (U2 light neutral base)

http://www.trenwyth.com/trendstone_plus.asp

Trenwyth Mesastone Cambridge (U8 standard exterior cmu)

http://www.trenwyth.com/mesastone.asp

Trenwyth Trendstone Plus Colonial Red (U1-U3 accent color)
http://www.trenwyth.com/trendstone_plus.asp

Trenwyth Prairie Stone Canyon Blend (U5 non-structural header course)

http://www.trenwyth.com/prairie_stone.asp

Trenwyth Trendstone Plus Forest Brown (U4 dark neutral base)

http://www.trenwyth.com/trendstone_plus.asp

I'm still looking at ideas for cool colors, if I find a company whose warm colors I like better, I'll post it - I'm still looking for a company that offers ribbed cmu's

Christiana Town Center Construction

This picture was taken on December 30, 2006 at the expansion of Christiana Town Center. It is a Type 3 retail building, and it will be interesting to see as the term progresses how similar the construction of the project is to our class project. This is of the completed foundation of CMU units. You can see the offset foundation, which probably means there will be some sort of finish masonry veneer, possibly brick. The capped rebars that connect the footers to the wall are protruding from the CMU at the regular intervals.

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