Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects I Partners Designing Hurricane Sandy Memorial in New Jersey
Español | Translation Sponsored by Nox-Crete Products Group New York firm Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners (TWBTA) was recently selected to design a memorial in New Jersey marking the community’s ongoing recovery efforts following Hurricane Sandy. They join a team of design and construction professionals providing pro bono services for this cause. The […]
For The Dangerously Uninterested
TILTWALLISM: A TREATISE ON THE ARCHITECTURAL POTENTIAL OF TILT WALL CONSTRUCTION BY JEFFREY BROWN By: Mitch Bloomquist | Tilt-Up Concrete Association Tiltwallism encourages architects to re-engage everyday architecture neglected by many professionals and stimulate an interest in tilt-up for designers. In addition to serving as an introductory resource to architects and an inspiration to contractors, […]
New Book Gives Insights into ‘Everyday’ Architecture — Book Signing June 26 and June 27
The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) – a nonprofit international organization that serves to expand and improve the use of tilt-up as the preferred building system – will host a book-signing event featuring the newly released Tiltwallism: A Treatise on the Architectural Potential of Tilt Wall Construction by architect Jeffrey Brown at the American Institute of […]
Enabling Ingenuity
By: Steve Guest, Principal with RMW architecture & interiors and Co-Chair of the 2014 TCA Convention Host Committee Planning for the Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) 2014 Convention in Northern California (9/29/14-10/1/14) is shifting into high gear and received a big boost last week when the Architecture Division of California College of the Arts (CCA), in […]
Small Smart Boxes
By: Jeffrey Brown, AIA | Powers Brown Architecture The next big thing in tilt-up may actually be small. While nearly every building type has now been executed in tilt-up, this article focuses on recent projects we have bundled together as Small Smart Boxes. These projects are from a series of small corporate build-to-suits that, because […]
Tilt-Up Potential Expressed
By: Mitch Bloomquist | Tilt-Up Concrete Association The University of California San Diego (UCSD) needed office space, and they needed it fast. With the new Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center set to open in 2011, the University was in dire need of space for the office, administrative, and clinical research activities supporting that facility and […]
TCA Shares Benefits of Tilt-Up with Architects in DC
For the second year in a row, the Tilt-Up Concrete Association has had a presence at the American Institute of Architect’s National Convention and Design Expo. This year’s event was held from May 17 – 19 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. Overall attendance at the show was up over last […]
FRAME/FAÇADE
Non-traditional applications of Tilt-Up concrete construction provide very different solutions for two high-profile museums. By: Mitch Bloomquist, Tilt-Up Concrete Association In a testament to the versatility and applicability of Tilt-Up concrete construction, two recent projects — the expansion of the Saint Louis Art Museum and a new home for the National Museum of Health and […]
Tilt-Up as a Re-Emerging Design Technology
By: Mitch Bloomquist, Tilt-Up Concrete Association and Jeffrey Brown, Powers Brown Architecture As a low cost, low technology building system, Tilt-Up concrete construction has become one of the fastest growing solutions used to meet current industry wide budget constraints. This is no subtlety – it represents a grass roots insurgency on the part of low […]
Groundbreaking – Missouri Korean War Veterans Memorial
A ceremonial groundbreaking for the Missouri Korean War Veterans Memorial was held Friday, August 12 in Washington Square Park in Kansas City, Missouri. The memorial, constructed of Tilt-Up concrete panels, honors the legacy of Korean War Veterans, present and past, and over 900 from the State of Missouri who paid the supreme sacrifice and gave […]
Tilt-Up Concrete Association Spearheads Design and Construction of Missouri Korean War Veterans Memorial
The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) – a non-profit international organization that serves to expand and improve the use of Tilt-Up as the preferred construction method – along with the Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation Department and the Concrete Promotional Group of Kansas City is very proud to be spearheading the design and construction of […]
Design Challenges in a Threatened Society: Tilt-Up Provide Answers and Reasurrance
Building a facility to meet the government-mandated progressive collapse requirements was a challenge that only added to the complexity of constructing The Littoral Warfare Research Complex in Panama City, Florida. The new technical warfare research complex is part of the Naval Surface Warfare Support Facility and is run by the U.S. Navy. This type of facility […]
