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Why concrete for this project? “It
feels like a more durable structure,” says
Lawton. “You don’t feel like you’re so
suspended.”
That’s an important consideration
when working on a slope. Another
advantage of concrete was that he could
support the entire span of the 60-foot
walkway with a single crossbeam.
Then there was the aesthetic value
of concrete. “Sandy got unbelievable
lines and colors out of it,” says Black.
“The project redefi ned the concept of
concrete for us.”
Music to the ears of Lawton, whose
ongoing challenge is getting clients
to see that the rugged construction
material is good for a lot more than
driveways, parking lots and bunkers.
A true believer in fabric-formed
concrete, Lawton has co-taught a
course on the subject in the Dominican
Republic on behalf of the Yestermorrow
Design/Build School in Warren, Vt.,
and his group has built a fabric-formed
gathering place for locals and ecotourists
in El Rincon. Lawton has also
been invited by Mark West, who has
been innovating with the concrete
technique for 15 years, to address an
international audience when the Fabric
Formwork Conference is held at the
University of Manitoba in May.
For the Blacks’ part, they’re staying
exactly where they are, watching Green
Mountain sunsets from one of the
most striking concrete structures in
Vermont. And it’s not Chuck’s Folly.
Not even close.
Great Countertops
Staining Exteriors
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