Spring 2009 - Counter Culture Magazine: "When an expanse of concrete countertop makes a statement in a kitchen, bathroom or bar, the edge is what really adds the exclamation point. The shape and texture of the edge helps make the counter look contemporary, traditional, formal, playful or unique." Read more at http://www.concretedecor.net/All_Access/CC201/get_that_edge.cfm.

 Surface Fabrication magazine published an article by Jeffrey Girard about the latest technologies in concrete countertops: glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC), fast-curing, environmentally friendly cements (CSA cements) and fast-curing UV sealer. More: http://www.surfacefabrication.com/print/Surface-Fabrication/Concrete-Developments/1$786

11/1/08 - We asked Lynda Apple of InConcrete Custom Countertops and Design Elements if the precast tabletop her Flagstaff, Ariz., outfit produced for a ski patrol shack was the highest decorative concrete installation in America.

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When the use of a structural material concrete is scaled down from monumental slab to kitchen counter, what changes? Some things are the same, some things are smaller, and some things are just plain different. After all, very few customers want a miniature driveway poured on top of their kitchen cabinets. Differences in cement loading, aggregates and reinforcing mechanisms all set countertop mixes and installations apart from those used for traditional flatwork. Read More: http://www.concretedecor.net/Abstracts/CD806-Countertop_Aggregate.cfm

In Berkeley and Oakland, California, where a fire destroyed thousands of houses in 1991, the replacements haven't always been improvements: Some owners, with newly treeless lots and large insurance settlements, put up shapeless behemoths. With this house, high up in the fire zone, architect David Wilson took a very different approach. Read More: http://www.pointclickhome.com/building_remodeling/articles/winged_victory