Masonry Magazine June 1963 Page. 18
New
Exciting
Ideas
A brief review of some of the many uses and forms which Limestone is being used in today's contemporary architecture. Its versatility is matched only by its beauty.
Indiana limestone "curtain wall" is put into place in a recent "highrise temporary government office building, indicative of the many new uses of the ous building product, until recent years thought of only as heavy building
New, exciting ideas in Indiana limestone are available today which afford the professional architect a full breadth of creativeness for the first time in many years.
For instance, Indiana limestone is growing in popularity as spandrel material for curtain wall buildings. The result is a beautiful stone exterior with the advantages of less maintenance cost, less heat loss and durability than other materials can offer.
Indiana limestone insulated panels are custom-cut to specifications. The architect enjoys complete control over panel sizes.
The clean lines of ashlar spandrels are ideally suited to modern curtain wall design. This treatment also makes possible economical mass production that is reflected in low initial cost.
Indiana limestone insulated panels adapt themselves to any curtain wall system: carried on intermittent clip angles; bedded on continuous shelf angles; bolted in place and numerous other treatments.
Indiana limestone insulated spandrels have a "U" value of 156 Rigid board insulation, 1-7/8 inch th cemented to a 2 inch thick In limestone facing. Weight is only lbs. per sq. ft.
Sandwich panels with 1-7/8 im glass fibre insulation between a thick Indiana limestone panel thin metal pan have an ama (Continued on next Page)
Masons, working with new Indiana limestone spandrels for the first time, were able to enclose them at rate of approximately 1,200 feet per day at this modern shopping center. Uniformity, relatively light weight, and provision for rapid fastening, is making curtain wall limestone panel construction popular all over the country. These spandrel panels are only four inches thick, and yet provide very high insulating value. Two inches of rigid insulating board is bonded directly to the two inch limestone facing at the fabricating mill, and set as a single unit at the construction site.
Fabrciated Indiana Limestone panels-produced in the mill and ready to be put in place on the job site. Drawing shows how uniformly-sized Indiana Limestone panels fit the metal wall grid of curtain wall buildings. Insulation is bonded to stone in the mill, with back-up material or inside wall.
Indiana Limestone screen in this be Bethel Park, Po. Christ Methodist Che a most interesting expression of a porary ecclesiastical structure, Harold E. Wagoner, and designer Hew Willet placed a "great, pierced lim screen," filled with colored chipped behind the altar, with the illustrates thex screen at the main door of the General conractor is Kosseb Constructi stone contractors are Massare Bros, member, and Matthews Bros. Co., Bla ton, Ind., fabricated the stone sc