Tag Archives: Hardscape

HARDSCAPE – COPING STONES & STONE CAPS, WALL COPING

Custom manufactured coping stones and caps can be integral to a unifying hardscape design theme while also providing vital protection from rainfall penetration.

The AAS team is able to match the color and finish of the wall coping seamlessly with other manufactured stone design elements of a building such as stone cladding and veneer design, building elevation design, door and window trims, banding, cornices, etc.

Customers are able to:

  • Select and combine from three different products – dry vibrant-tamp cast stone, architectural wet-pour precast concrete, or GFRC (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete)
  • Customize stone products for curved walls, complex shapes, ramped walls, stepped walls, etc.
  • Match any color with control sample.

Cast Stone Caps, Signage

Old Park Land Exterior Hardscape | Wall Coping, Signage, Column Capitals | Designed Contrast with Brick Work

Old Park Land Exterior Hardscape | Wall Coping, Signage, Column Capitals | Designed Contrast with Brick Work

Unifying Design Accent

Texas State University (TSU) Wall Coping Matching with Cast Stone Signage as well as Natural Limestone Work, Building Cladding

Texas State University (TSU) Wall Coping Matching with Cast Stone Signage as well as Natural Limestone Work, Building Cladding

Custom Wall Cap Design

Cast Stone Wall Coping, Custom Signage

Cast Stone Wall Coping, Custom Signage

SMU COMMONS: EXTERIOR VENEER, CLADDING, HARDSCAPE DESIGN USING STONE PANELS


Advanced Architectural Stone (AAS) has extensive track record for manufacturing cast stone, architectural precast and GFRC for cladding, exterior veneer, and almost any other architectural design.

These pictures are of a number of buildings at the Southern Methodist University (SMU) campus. You are viewing a new dining hall and housing complex call the SMU Commons; the vision was to integrate these buildings with the overall identity of the campus. At the same time, the designers wanted to create a contemporary feel to the buildings to reflect the school’s cutting edge approach to education and its fun, nurturing, and exciting environment for students.

The AAS team proposed carrying out the design including the exterior cladding and stone veneers using two different products: cast stone and glass fiber reinforced concrete panels (GFRC).

 

Anita and Truman Arnolds Dining Commons, SMU | Unparalleled Design Freedom with Manufactured Stone | Cast Stone, GFRC Cladding, Veneer Design | TECHNOLOGY: CUSTOM MOLD MAKING >>

Unparalleled Design Freedom with Manufactured Stone | Cast Stone, GFRC Cladding, Veneer Design

 

Precision molds combining the use of the CNC technology and employee craftsmanship made it possible to create veneer wall panels that fit together seamlessly for look of monolithic stone. With computerized batch mixing as part of the integral manufacturing process, the stone panels, using both  cast stone and GFRC (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete), had the required structural properties, as well as matching color and finish.

The new buildings are huge success for the campus since they excite students, faculty and visitors.

 

Anita and Truman Arnolds Dining Commons, SMU | Cast stone, Architectural GFRC | Custom Molds, Customer Project Management Simplified Installation, Achieved Design with Precision

Cast stone, GFRC | Monolithic Stone Facade, Veneer Design, Stone Capping | Custom Molds, Customer Project Management Simplified Installation

 

PROJECT: SMU Commons | Architectural Stone Cladding

PROJECT: SMU Commons | Architectural Stone Cladding Developed Quality Experience

 

Stone Panels | Technology, Design Flexibility | GFRC, Cast Stone and Wet-percast Concrete Products Materials Combined for Uniform Aesthetic Accent

Stone Panels | Technology, Design Flexibility | GFRC, Cast Stone and Wet-percast Concrete Products Materials Combined for Uniform Aesthetic Accent


VENEER, FACADE DESIGN USING FABRICATED STONE PANELS: MORE PROJECT EXAMPLES, LEARN MORE >>

 

ARCHITECTURAL STONE CLADDING: SEE MORE PROJECT EXAMPLES, LEARN MORE >>

 

WALL COPING, PIER CAPS, HARDSCAPE >>