About Us - Dura Art Stone

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

1935

COMPANY FOUNDED

1941

| SAN MATEO, CA |
PULGAS WATER TEMPLE

1968

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

FIRST BRICK CLAD PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS IN CALIFORNIA

1970

| ROSE GARDEN, CA |
ROSICRUCIAN MUSEUM

FIRST USE OF RESIN BASED POLYMER CONCRETE MATCHING PRECAST CONCRETE

1972

| SAN FRANCISCO, CA |
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 INTEGRAL 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, CA |
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.