Masonry Magazine December 2006 Page. 26
CAST AND MANUFACTURED STONE
University's seven dormitory complex in Cleveland. Nancy Fogel-
berg, CEO of American Artstone, said that the building didn't
have the structural steel required to hold individual pieces for the
elaborate bay windows, so they had to make the bay windows in
one piece to connect back to the building.
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ing it an ideal material for the restoration and rehabilita-
tion of older structures that utilize natural stone.
"We can mimic stone that is no longer quarried or very
expensive," Fogelberg said. "We can give you something
that looks almost spot-on or very close to that. And
because it is man-made, we have some control over it, and
that typically lasts longer."
American Artstone has extensive experience in the
restoration and rehabilitation of aging structures built with
natural cut stone. Fogelberg recalled one restoration pro-
ject where a series of carved-stone gargoyles needed to be
restored. "There was a courthouse in Winona, Minn., that
was built in the 1880s, and through some unfortunate cir-
cumstances, sealant was put on the stone that trapped
moisture inside," she explained. "So these beautifully hand-
carved, decorative stones and the gargoyles were part of
them - were disintegrating. They took the pieces off and
shipped them to us.... We hired an artist and he restored
[the gargoyles], and we made rubber molds from them and
then cast it from there."
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December 2006