Masonry Magazine August 1966 Page. 26
Photogravure Of The Masonry Industry
# Water Plant Uses Intaglio Units
Panels of 8 x 8 in. Intaglio glass wall units will create a striking grill/well effect in this new administration building now under construction for East Chicago, Indiana, Department of Water Works. The panels, approximately 52 x 7 feet and four inches thick, admit diffused daylight through custom design areas in the blocks, while providing good insulation and sound-proofing. The Intaglio series includes four light-admitting styles and two unifying opaque patterns without design centers. Chosen for this building were 6000 units of Intaglio II. Architect for the building is I. James Eugenides, AIA, of Chicago.
# Air-Supported Roof on Field House
The first permanent building with an inflatable roof has been erected at a New England school for less than half the cost of a rigid-roof building of comparable size.
Construction costs for the building-the Charles F. Nutter Field House at The Hinckley School, Hinckley, Maine were $175,000. Architects estimate a rigid-roof building of the same size would have cost $500,000.
Unlike many air-structures, the building's 200x110x35 ft. Fiberglas inflatable roof is anchored to an 8-ft.-high concrete well with a clamping system.
The field house has an 11-lap-to-the-mile board track and portable wood floor that converts the building into a gymnasium for indoor winter sports. During the spring and fall the wood panels are removed and the dirt field is used to practice soccer, baseball, softball, lacrosse and field hockey.
The building's air-supported roof, built by Birdair Structures, Inc., Buffalo, N.Y., is made of Fiberglas yarns developed by Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. The fabric was woven by J. P. Stevens Company and vinyl coated by Cordo Division of Ferro Corp. The roof requires little maintenance even in Maine's rugged climate. Snow slides off its smooth rounded surface.
The building's architect is Deane Woodward, Auburn, Maine. The general contractor is K&H Foster of Wilton, Maine.
# SKIL "Goes Where the Action Is"
A bright orange van was designed to "go where the action is" will carry the word about power tools available from Skil Corporation's new Contractors Equipment Division around the United States. Equipped with representative models from the Chicago-based firm's expanding construction tool line, the vehicle enables Skil distributors to travel construction sites for on-the-spot demonstrations. Special brackets anchor the truck's contents during these trips. Above, Walter E. Knopp, Manufacturer's representative, presents the key to the 1966 Ford Supervan to Ray J. Turri, Manager of Lakeland Equipment Company, 4817 Lake Street, Melrose Park, Illinois. Looking on is Ralph Reckling, Sales Manager for Skil's Contractors Equipment Division.
# Soundblox in Princeton School
The Princeton Day School Theatre which utilizes panels of "Soundblox" an entirely new concept in sound control. The block were manufactured by Bost Block Co., Yardsville, N. J. with John B. Kelly, Inc. the Mason Contractor. Architects for this Princeton, N. J. school were Perkins & Will Partnership, Chicago, III. "Soundblox" are sound-absorbing, structural concrete masonry units developed by the Proudfoot Co., Greenwick, Conn.