Kahn and his structural engineer, August Komendant, worked tirelessly with contractors to achieve the concrete finishes there and at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth.
This is a guide to keep the screed at the correct height so that the concrete finishes off flat.
Plain, smooth finishes are accomplished by floating and troweling the concrete, and by and large, this is the most common method of concrete finishing.
In cold climates, add reinforcing fiberglass mesh, then pour three inches of concrete, finishing it medium smooth (excessive roughness will cause foot problems).
Floors are concrete, finishes are raw, furniture tights-snaggingly rough.
The room has floor-to-ceiling windows; one wall has a faux concrete finish.
Behind a conventional mews facade he constructed a multi-level open-plan space, with exposed concrete finishes.
With its cool, white interiors and raw concrete finishes, Beijing's new 3+1 Bedrooms is as minimal as its name.
Workers hired by three companies began two weeks ago by putting concrete finishes on the ash-colored facades of the slum's cinderblock houses.
Having stripped the bungalow right back, underfloor heating was coated in a low-maintenance polished concrete finish and the layout kept as fluid and flexible as possible.
