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

 

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1941
PULGAS WATER TEMPLE

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1968
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
FIRST BRICK CLAD PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS IN CALIFORNIA

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1970
ROSICRUCIAN MUSEUM
FIRST USE OF RESIN BASED POLYMER CONCRETE MATCHING PRECAST CONCRETE

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1972
TRANSAMERICA PYRAMID
FIRST LARGE SCALE ARCHITECTURAL PRECAST PANELS WITH QUARTZ AGGREGATE AND ETCHED FINISH

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1978
WELLS FARGO DATA CENTER
FIRST GLASS FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE PANELS IN CALIFORNIA

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1980
LEVI’S PLAZA
FIRST BRICK CLAD PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS UTILIZING RADIUS CUT BRICKS

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1980
SAKS FIFTH AVE
FIRST USE OF GLASS FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE PANELS WITH INTEGRAL COLOR COURSE AGGREGATE FACE MIX

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1984
CHEVRON CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
FIRST LARGE SCALE (300,000 SF) CERAMIC TILE CLAD PRECAST PANELS IN CALIFORNIA

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1990
SEVEN DWARFS
DISNEY CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
FIRST LARGE SCALE USE OF GFRC FOR 18′ HIGH SCULPTURES IN CALIFORNIA

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2004
SAN MATEO HIGH SCHOOL
FIRST BRICK CLAD PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS IN THE US UTILIZING DRUNKEN SAILOR BOND BRICK PATTERNS

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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.

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2018

| MIRA MESA, CA |
MIRA MESA HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC BUILDING

ARCHITECTURAL PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS WITH FORM LINERS

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2018

| LOS ANGELES, CA |
UCLA ANDERSON SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

ARCHITECTURAL/STRUCTURAL PRECAST CONCRETE LINTELS

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2018

| LOS ANGELES, CA |
USC IOVINE YOUNG HALL

ORNAMENTAL PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS

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2019

| ROSEVILLE, CA |
WEST PARK HIGH SCHOOL

INTERIOR PRECAST CONCRETE STAIRS AND BLEACHERS

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2020

| ANAHEIM, CA |
DISNEY AVENGERS CAMPUS

ORNAMENTAL PRECAST WALLS

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2020

| LOS ANGELES, CA |
LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL CARUSO HALL

ORNAMENTAL PRECAST PANELS

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2021

| SANTA MONICA, CA |
SANTA MONICA HIGH SCHOOL

PRECAST CONCRETE BENCHES

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2022

| HERMOSILLO, MEXICO |
US CONSULATE

ARCHITECTURAL PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS WITH WHITE CEMENT AND WHITE LIMESTONE AGGREGATES

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2023

| ANAHEIM, CA |
DOWNTOWN DISNEY

GFRC BREEZE BLOCK WALLS

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2023

| SAN FRANCISCO, CA |
TRANSAMERICA PYRAMID

GFRC INTERIOR SOFFITS AND COLUMN COVERS WITH EXPOSED AGGREGATE AND RETARDED FINISH, MATCHING 50-YEAR-OLD PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS