How fitting that San Jose' s new downtown library drives home an old saying -- you can't judge a book by its cover. Wrapped in dour brown concrete and glass, the eight-story structure at the ...

Its raw concrete exterior, ... "The Geisel Library at U.C. San Diego by William Pereira is noted for its importance as one of the first buildings whose architecture went from the brutalist ...

A concrete library shows the power of renovation. Alex Bozikovic Architecture Critic. Published May 27, 2024Updated May 28, 2024. ... Its exterior was painted in a bold red. But ...

Pasadena’s design team is recommending a ‘continuous shear wall’ approach to retrofitting its nearly 100-year-old Central Library.

Exterior concrete 2: 7.8% While the mixes are working, both the Winn and Dickinson Ready Mix teams were aware of the potential issues regarding low-carbon mixes, like potentially needing 56 or 90 ...

It takes a city to build a mural. More than 400 community members, including five hub groups, have worked with the nonprofit organization Concrete Couch since February on the Penrose Library Mural ...