A portfolio of successfully completed projects, extending nationwide for over 80 years, bears witness to our European heritage and focus on architecturally unique and structurally complex uses of Architectural Precast Concrete, Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete, and Glascrete, a proprietary simulated concrete material.
A Pioneering History
Dura Art Stone traces its history to 1935 when Bruno Mariani, an accomplished Italian model maker and craftsman, quickly established himself as a leading source of Ornamental Cast Plaster and Cast Stone in San Francisco, CA. One of Bruno’s early works at the Pulgas Water Temple in Redwood City, CA, completed in 1941, remains beautiful and functional to this day. From the start, we have pioneered new uses of materials as outlined below.
1935
COMPANY FOUNDED
1941
PULGAS WATER TEMPLE
1968
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
FIRST BRICK CLAD PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS IN CALIFORNIA
1970
ROSICRUCIAN MUSEUM
FIRST USE OF RESIN BASED POLYMER CONCRETE MATCHING PRECAST CONCRETE
1972
TRANSAMERICA PYRAMID
FIRST LARGE SCALE ARCHITECTURAL PRECAST PANELS WITH QUARTZ AGGREGATE AND ETCHED FINISH
1978
WELLS FARGO DATA CENTER
FIRST GLASS FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE PANELS IN CALIFORNIA
1980
LEVI’S PLAZA
FIRST BRICK CLAD PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS UTILIZING RADIUS CUT BRICKS
1980
SAKS FIFTH AVE
FIRST USE OF GLASS FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE PANELS WITH INTEGRALLY COLOR COURSE AGGREGATE FACE MIX
1984
CHEVRON CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
FIRST LARGE SCALE (300,000 SF) CERAMIC TILE CLAD PRECAST PANELS IN CALIFORNIA
1990
SEVEN DWARFS
DISNEY CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
FIRST LARGE SCALE USE OF GFRC FOR 18′ HIGH SCULPTURES IN CALIFORNIA
2004
SAN MATEO HIGH SCHOOL
FIRST BRICK CLAD PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS IN THE US UTILIZING DRUNKEN SAILOR BOND BRICK PATTERNS
2017
THE VILLAGE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
FIRST LARGE SCALE (500,000 SF) USE OF ARCHITECTURAL PANELS AND TRIM DOWELLED INTO BRICK CLAD PANELS WITH SHEAR KEYS AND WATER STOPS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH CORESLAB STRUCTURES, LA.