While there are many reasons for smooth, featureless walls, when you want the look of stone, brick, wood or other high-end architectural finishes, patterned concrete makes an attractive ...

Curved concrete walls meander along the hillside. Plants sit in flower beds set into retaining walls. The jazz of Dave Brubeck pipes from overhead. Tucked away in one of Point Richmond’s ...

Because the Durisol is a free draining material, it is possible to use a high-slump concrete (7" — 9" slump) without adversely affecting your concrete strength. When pouring a very wet concrete ...

Besides concrete and wooden forms, you’ll need three things to get going: a textured rubber mat, something to pound the mat down into the concrete with (you can make your own pounder out of a 12 ...