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Bush-hammered concrete

Bush-hammered concrete

Concrete having an exposed aggregate finish, usually obtained with a power-operated hammer which removes the sand-cement matrix around the aggregate particles to a depth of one-quarter inch.
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bush-hammered concrete

bush hammer
Concrete having an exposed aggregate finish; usually obtained with a power-operated bushhammer which removes
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Indeed, even if Breuer employed a knobby, bush-hammered concrete similar to that of Paul Rudolph's 1963 Art and Architecture Building for Yale University, he reserved it primarily for his interiors--especially the lobby and stairwell, where viewers would be guaranteed a close encounter with its craggy physicality--and used a luxurious flame-treated granite exterior to establish the public face of the museum.
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Floors are covered with rush matting, apart from a central section of bush-hammered concrete, and the altar is a crisply hewn block of granite.
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Bush-hammered concrete adds to the halls' mysterious, cave-like quality.
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The precise metal of the lift contrasts with the rough logs and with the bush-hammered concrete floor.
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