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HOW DO YOU GET THE COLOR YOU NEED FOR YOUR DESIGN?

Advanced Architectural Stone (AAS) has developed a number of admixture compositions that provide a range of options. See below in this blog post the options for standard as well as premium colors available to designers.

  • When customers have a specific color requirement to integrate the stone in the overall design vision, the AAS team has experience to develop any custom color to match the control sample.
  • AAS has computerized color lab to develop the right mix for the stone panels. Since the color is achieved using the mix used for casting the panels, AAS stone panels don’t fade with time.
  • With the computerized batch plant, the fabricated stone products have consistent color for project of any size. AAS is able to guarantee accurate color matching even when a project continues for a number of years over number of phases.
  • AAS is able to combine three different types of stone panels for a project with seamless color matching.
  • The AAS team develops the required admixture and provides samples for customers to confirm the color and texture of the stone panels.

 

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AAS COLORS CHART

 

AAS Stone Panel Color Chart | Standard Colors

AAS Stone Panel Color Chart | Standard Colors

 

 

PREMIUM COLORS

AAS Stone Panel Color Chart | Premium Colors

AAS Stone Panel Color Chart | Premium Colors

 

> COMPUTERIZED COLOR LAB: VIDEO

 

 

FABRICATED STONE PANELS: FIVE ADVANTAGES FOR VENEER, FACADE DESIGN


ONE: With precise control over size, shape and tolerances, AAS is able to manufacture stone panels with unparalleled range of design options. The veneer design can be customized to match any kind of geometry. When required, the veneer and façade designs can have monolithic stone look as well.


TWO: AAS is able to fabricate panels using three different types of stone products:

  1. Dry vibrant-tamp cast stone panels that allows for complex shapes and geometries
  2. Wet-pour architectural precast concrete stone products that can be structural as well
  3. GFRC panels that provide design flexibility, as well as high strength to weight ratio for higher elevation applications.

AAS team is able to suggest right combination of products for a project while maintaining seamless look and feel.


THREE: The panels can integrate seamlessly with brick veneer, glass, steel or any other aesthetic or structural elements. AAS is able to single source all three kinds of stone panels with detailed support and training for design assist, construction planning, onsite installation.


FOUR: Get any custom color of choice with a control sample. AAS has a very sophisticated color lab and fully automated batch plant to ensure precise, consistent color for project of any size.


FIVE: Seamless design aesthetic with other cladding applications on a building such as window surrounds, entry way surrounds, architectural columns, wall coping, etc.


PROJECT EXAMPLES:

LA Sports Hall of Fame

AAS Case Studies - Enable Customers Design Process - Support Installation - image - LA Sports Hall of Fame
Project Specific Focus, Manufacturing

Higher Education Complex

Manufactured Stone Veneer with Monolithic Stone Design Accent | Project: Higher Education Complex
Manufactured Stone Veneer with Monolithic Stone Design Accent | Project: Higher Education Complex

UCF ROTC

Fabricated Stone Veneer, 3D Framing of Sculpture | Project: UCF, ROTC Building
Fabricated Stone Veneer, 3D Framing of Sculpture | Project: UCF, ROTC Building

SMU Caruth Hall

Vibrant-tamp Cast Stone, Wet-pour Architectural Precast for Integrated Veneer Design
Vibrant-tamp Cast Stone, Wet-pour Architectural Precast for Integrated Veneer Design

Houston Market Square Tower

Dark Color Cast Stone Veneer | Custom Molds with Precision Enabled Monolithic Stone Look
Dark Color Cast Stone Veneer | Custom Molds with Precision Enabled Monolithic Stone Look

TCU Worth Hills

AAS Case Study | TCU Worth Hills | Large Size Custom Shape Cast Stone Panels for Architectural Design
AAS Case Study | TCU Worth Hills | Large Size Custom Shape Cast Stone Panels for Architectural Design

UCF ROTC: 3D Framing using Stone Veneer

AAS Project : ROTC Classroom at University of Central Florida | Architectural Stone Created Design of 3-Dimensional Frame for the Unique Sculpture
AAS Project : ROTC Classroom at University of Central Florida | Architectural Stone Created Design of 3-Dimensional Frame for the Unique Sculpture

Cook Children's Hospital

Cooks Children's Hospital | Cast Stone Uniformity and Consistency Helped Create Effect of a Monolithic Structure | Matched Native Limestone of Surrounding Buildings
Cooks Children's Hospital | Cast Stone Uniformity and Consistency Helped Create Effect of a Monolithic Structure | Matched Native Limestone of Surrounding Buildings

KERF SLOT WITH STRAP ANCHORS: TECHNIQUE FOR INSTALLATION

This video shows details of a very commonly used technique for anchoring cast stone (dry-vibrant tamp), architectural wet-pour precast, or GFRC (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete) panels.

The AAS design and engineering process includes details for installation anchorage to confirm the final design aesthetic in the initial review, design assist process. With detailed drawings and coordination with masons and contractor, installation completes very smoothly.



 

The seamless integration of manufactured architectural stone panels makes it much simpler to design exterior cladding, and veneer applications with monolithic design accent.

 

 

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DESIGN ASSIST, CONSTRUCTION ASSIST FOR PROJECT SUCCESS


Advanced Architectural Stone (AAS – formerly ACS) has well developed system to design and manufacture products that are customized for every project.

The accuracy and precision of the stone panels, along with ability to realize any complex shape or intricate design details enables designers to create high-end design whether that is for monolithic stone veneers, architectural stone cladding, modular architectural columns, custom signage, or other unique branding/cultural icons on exterior facades of buildings.

The AAS team has developed methodology to review design schematics and collaborate closely with contractor, or architect for the project.

The AAS system is designed for project specific focus, integrating required installation support in the design of stone panels as well.

See in this video project examples of the AAS design assist, construction assist to architects, general contractors and masonry contractors.

 


 

 

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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 >>

 

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STONE PANELS FOR STONELEIGH RESIDENTIAL TOWER

AAS stone panels are used on this project in various applications, as an exterior veneer rain-screen, at the entry and base of the facade, as the surround stone on all balconies, as a banding at the penthouse tower area, and extensively at the garden and pool areas. This project is an excellent example of using matching masonry materials, GFRC and cast stone.

When the structural shell of this building was completed in 2008, AAS provided cast stone wall panels for the first two floors of the parking garages. However, the building went into receivership soon after construction started, and was then purchased by a new owner in 2012. After a four years hiatus, a different general contractor was hired to complete the project along with a number of new suppliers. The architects for the project continued to emphasize the importance of the original design vision particularly of the stone panels on the balconies and on every floor of the tower. The AAS team recommended using GFRC panels for this to take advantage of the lighter weight and ease of installation. The carefully controlled batch mix of the GFRC wall panels matched the color and finish of the cast stone used on the first two floors.

Stoneleigh Residential Tower - Cast Stone, GFRC Panels for Rain-screen, Cladding, Exterior Veneer Design

Stoneleigh Residential Tower – Cast Stone, GFRC Panels for Rain-screen, Cladding, Exterior Veneer Design | Custom Mold Making, Project Coordination with Installers

Stoneleigh Residential Tower | Matching Custom GFRC Panels on Balconies

Stoneleigh Residential Tower | Matching Custom GFRC Panels on Balconies

 

Stoneleight Residential Tower | Dry Vibrant-tamp Cast Stone for Rain-screen, Veneer, Cladding at Lower Levels of the Residential Tower Elevation

Stoneleight Residential Tower | Dry Vibrant-tamp Cast Stone for Rain-screen, Veneer, Cladding at Lower Levels of the Residential Tower Elevation

The challenge for AAS team was to understand the requirements of the new installer, and to modify the stone panels accordingly. While the balcony areas on different floors appear the same visually, there was a large variation in the dimensions. The support cut-out further complicated the balconies because there were different railing suppliers with varying cut-out positons. AAS engineering team created a series of unique notch and block-outs in the panel molds in order to create custom panels for almost every balcony. The built-in, pre-engineered GFRC connections simplified the installation for the contractor significantly and allowed the project to be highly successful.


Project: Stoneleigh Residential Tower

Architect: Jeff Smith/Gromatzky Dupree & Associates

Products: Cast Stone, GFRC

 


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3-D FRAMING USING MANUFACTURED VENEER PANELS AT ROTC BUILDING, UCF


The new ROTC building at University of Central Florida highlights a 13-sided sculpture honoring our country and soldiers throughout the history.

The AAS team created framed views of the sculpture using architectural cast stone panels. The sculpture is housed in a one and half feet thick rotunda made from custom design dry-cast stone, and GFRC concrete panels. The rotunda is three stories high with 30 feet in diameter. There are three large radius openings in it with a complex series of step backs that create framed views of the sculpture from different directions.

This three-dimensional frame accentuates and emphasizes the unique sculpture symbolizing the spirit and storied tradition of the ROTC.

 

AAS Project : ROTC Classroom at University of Central Florida | Architectural Stone Created Design of 3-Dimensional Frame for the Unique Sculpture

AAS Project : ROTC Classroom at University of Central Florida | Architectural Stone Created Design of 3-Dimensional Frame for the Unique Sculpture


Color and texture consistency of architectural stone was achieved through a computer driven batch design.

The  CNC technology was utilized to design custom molds for the GFRC, cast stone wall panel pieces. Every one of the manufactured stone wall panels matched extremely stringent tolerance requirements. With all stone panels seamlessly fitting together, the entrance facade achieved desired look of a monolithic piece of stone.

 

University of Central Florida ROTC Classroom II Building | Architectural Stone Design Created Monolithic Look | Stone Veneer

University of Central Florida ROTC Classroom II Building | Architectural Stone Design Created Monolithic Look for the building facade | Stone Veneer


Exterior Veneer using Manufactured Stone Panels

 

The front entry and exterior of the building has architectural stone veneer that played a key role in harmonizing the new building with the rest of the school campus.

The facade veneer combined three different types of stone veneer panels – thin lightweight GFRC (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete) panels at the higher elevation, vibrant-tamp architectural dry cast stone for the framing and cladding design elements, as well as wet-precast architectural concrete where stronger structural support was required.

 

AAS Formerly ACS | Architectural Stone Veneer, Cladding Harmonized new ROTC Building with campus of University of Central Florida (UCF)

AAS Formerly ACS | Architectural Stone Veneer, Cladding Harmonized new ROTC Building with campus of University of Central Florida (UCF)


Project Name: University of Central Florida Classroom Building II ROTC

Architect: Schenkel Shultz, Architecture/Interior Design

General Contractor: Clancy & Theys Construction

Products Used: GFRCArchitectural Cast Stone, as well as Architectural Precast Concrete

 


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TRT HOLDINGS – PRECISE ENGINEERING AND CRAFTSMANSHIP FOR DESIGN


TRT Holdings Headquarters is a new 170,000 square ft, six-story Jeffersonian-style office building.  The project is one of several buildings located on the Old Parkland Campus at Dallas, Texas developed by Trammell Crow Holdings, one of the largest developers in the U.S.

  • The overriding design criterion of this building was to have the same style as all other buildings on the business campus.
  • Precast and cast stone was used exclusively as the material at all entries, the exterior connecting porches, hallways and veneer panels at the first floor of the building.
  • Pediments, lintels, sills, water tables, columns and roof coping comprised the remainder of the precast or cast stone on the project.
  • All entrances to the building have beautiful classical Tuscan columns. The Tuscan columns were repeated at a covered portico connecting the building to a restaurant as well.  The columns were connected with a deeply profiled trim. The precast portico runs a length of over 50 feet.

 

PROJECT: TRT Holdings Headquarters | Case Stone | 2014 APA Award of Excellence

PROJECT: TRT Holdings Headquarters | Case Stone, Architectural Precast | 2014 APA Award of Excellence

 

Process for Design

 

  • All pieces, of the same profile, were scaled to varying sizes due to different size windows, doors, entryways and breezeways around the structure.   Precise mold making ability of AAS enabled the required precision over wide range of sizes.
  • There were 7712 pieces of precast and cast stone on the project. The production was carried out using 153 different molds.  The mix design was the company’s standard formula with adjustment to a special color used throughout the campus.
  • Manufacturing was carried out using company’s computer-driven batch plant and computer driven liquid color system.  The automated systems provide the quality control to assure consistency of color and texture.

 

TRT Head Quarters | Cast Stone, Architectural Precast, Architectural GFRC | 2014 APA Award | Product Materials: Cast Stone, Architectural Precast, Architectural GFRC | Entries, exterior connecting porches, hallways, veneers, pediments, lintels, sills, water tables, columns and roof coping

TRT Head Quarters | Cast Stone, Architectural Precast, Architectural GFRC | 2014 APA Award | Product Materials: Cast Stone, Architectural Precast, Architectural GFRC | Entries, exterior connecting porches, hallways, veneers, pediments, lintels, sills, water tables, columns and roof coping

 


 

The owner of the Old Park Land campus, with all five of their architects visited AAS production facility throughout the project life cycle to make sure the color, texture, and scale of the precast and cast stone met the overall design intent of the campus.

 

Project Name: TRT Holdings Headquarters

Location: 4001 Maple Avenue @ the Old Parkland Campus, Dallas, Texas

Architect: HKS, Inc

General Contractor:  Brasfield & Gorrie

Products: Architectural Cast Stone, Architectural GFRC, Precast Concrete

Applications: Architectural Stone Cladding, Veneer Design, Custom Columns