Masonry Magazine May 1981 Page. 22
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About Our Cover
The National Savings & Loan Association building in Wauwatosa, Wis., was honored recently with an "Excellence In Masonry" award presented by the Masonry Institute of Wisconsin in its fourth annual awards program.
Functional and dramatic in appearance, the building is located at a prominent intersection of Mayfair Rd. Detailing the concepts that went into the structure's design, Arthur B. Py, president of Py-Vavra Architects-Engineers, Inc., Milwaukee, the designer made these comments:
"The decision was made to proceed with a very positive statement in the highly successful and well developed Mayfair area. A warm, human-scaled architecturally sculptured exterior became a goal in the design. Brick was selected to achieve these criteria early in the design process.
"Additionally, brick was an ideal material, capable of adapting to the forms evolving as the design progressed for the exterior. Brick elements could be shop-fabricated where tolerances are much more easily controlled, and then field-erected quite rapidly.
"This construction technique was possible in large part because of the skills and talents of the masons who were holding tolerances more exacting than conventional construction so that the prefabricated elements, conventional masonry panels, and substructure would mesh together easily on the site. The system was successful and the masons are to be congratulated."
The mason contractor on the project was Clarence Bundy, New Berlin, Wis.
(Special thanks to the Masonry Institute of Wisconsin for making available to Masonry the four-color separations used to produce this month's cover.)