In honolulu hawaii was designed by the famed late mid century modern architect vladimir ossipoff.
Mid century decorative concrete screen block.
Breeze blocks or architectural screen blocks are a decorative concrete block used for architectural screen walls and fences.
The problem now lies with where to find these blocks being manufactured today.
These perfectly scaled models of our larger concrete blocks are great for idea boards and client presentations.
After reading about frank lloyd wright s la miniatura he decided to share some of his knowledge with us the best way to use decorative concrete blocks to re create a perfect mid century style.
Without question the best source in the usa for screen blocks.
Concrete masonry provides a cost effective answer to a variety of essential building needs including structure fire separation architectural finish sound.
They have had some customers within that geography order screen block and have it put onto the lowe s truck to save on shipping.
Whether they are called breezeblocks screen blocks cinder blocks textile blocks or even besser blocks in australia the hollow concrete block has long been a popular construction material.
We manufacture 4 versions of our blocks in a concrete look modified gypsum.
The company also tells me they regularly ship standard concrete block to lowes in the mid atlantic region roughly nyc to baltimore.
Decorative concrete blocks were made in a wide variety of patterns and often painted white.
There are several of these walls in and around the community where i live.
General growth properties which owns the building has outlined a vision for an urban village that does not include the landmark structure.
They are also very easy to deal with.
The best source for mid century modern screen block is a 1 block corp established in 1952 a 1 block corp has been making these fantastic screen blocks ever since their doors opened.
In these partition walls the potential of a screen block is maximized.
Decorative concrete block truly gives a home that authentic mid century look.
Architects and builders have used these for fences water features decorative.
They have been around since the 1930s and became hugely popular in the mid century modern residential commercial buildings of the 1950s 1960s.
Call the company to discuss if you are interested in this option.
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It s open design provides ventilation partial shading privacy and a decorative break in the monotony of the wall s surface.
Each block is hand made from high quality materials.
Mid century modern decorative concrete screen the ibm building at 1240 ala moana blvd.