Masonry Magazine July 1975 Page. 6
7월
45%
75
TYPICAL BLOCK UNIT
RUNNING
BOND
SHOWING
SHADOW
LINE
NO TOOLS口
JOINT
MODULE
2x4
PLATE
MORTAR
CAVITY
REINFORCING
STEEL
TYPICAL
BLOCK
RUNNING
OR STACK
BOND
WALL SECTION
SPECIAL
NOTE BLOCK
UNIT ALLOWS
FOR VERTICAL
CURVE WALLS
The Grand Prize was awarded to architect Edward Hardin, Pinole, Calif., for this unit. The design allows for curved walls, as well as, the traditional running bond and stack bond walls.
NCMA Customized C/M Design Contest
To add impetus to the promotion of customized concrete masonry, the National Concrete Masonry Association conducted a special design contest for architects in the U.S. in the late fall of 1974. Architects were requested to submit designs for new faces of concrete masonry only not examples of buildings in which customized concrete masonry was used. The response was enthusiastic and impressive. More than 500 entries were received from architects all over the United States, and in many instances architects entered several different designs.
Judging for the contest took place on December 4, and winners were announced at NCMA's recent 1975 Annual Convention. The panel of distinguished judges included Paul Rudolph whose fame as an architect and a pioneer in designing customized concrete masonry is well known; Peter Samton, another prominent architect and principal in the firm of Gruzen & Partners, New York City; Charles Velardo, President of the Mason Contractors Association of America and an officer of G. Salvucci 6 & Company mason contractors in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, and Arnold Caputo, NCMA Marketing Committee Chairman and Vice President of Research and Development for Plasticrete Corporation, Hamden, Connecticut. The judges were asked to evaluate the entries on the basis of originality, aesthetics, and the ability to produce the design on a high speed block machine. The ability of the mason to lay up the wall was still another factor in the judging.
The Grand Prize was $1,500, and the winner was Edward Hardin of Pinole, California. The judges named his entry the grand winner not only for its unique and decorative shape and appearance but its practical aspects such as special allowances for grouting and reinforcing, the ability to construct a curved or regular running bond or stacked bond wall. The winning entry was the only one of the 500 that featured a horizontal design.
The second prize was an Honorable Mention Award of $500, and the winner was Roger Newill of Virginia Beach, Virginia. His design consisted of random ribs in masonry
July, 1975