The proper selection of color,
form, and texture is critical to the aesthetic appearance of architectural
precast concrete. The choice of appropriate aggregates and textures, combined
with well conceived production and erection details, can achieve a wide variety
of design objectives.
It is recommended that the
architect contact local architectural precast concrete producers in the early
design stages and throughout the development of the contract documents. This
will provide optimum utility and quality of the product and its installation at
minimum construction cost.
Precast concrete manufactured in
a plant under factory-controlled conditions, ensures a uniform, high quality
building facade in the desired shapes, colors and textures.
Any attempt to categorize and
define architectural precast concrete with its myriad expressions and
possibilities can have only limited success. Precast concrete is a visually
rich material which offers the architect the opportunity to be innovative and
obtain design objectives that cannot be accomplished with other materials. This
Guide will help architects to define their aspirations and will provide a basis
for reaching them, not by giving design alternatives, but by pointing out those
available options in using architectural precast concrete.
The
photographs in this Manual serve as a visual guide for initial selection of
color and texture for architectural precast concrete.
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