Masonry Magazine June 1993 Page. 26
DUR-O-WAL Seismic Products
Take a Load Off... Your Mind.
Seismic products from DUR-O-WAL are designed to take seismic and high wind loads off your buildings. And your mind.
Their shear lugs hold Pencil Rod or Seismic Ladur in place for greater pullout resistance and ductility in seismic zones 3 and 4.
Made from structural steel instead of wire, they stand up better to all types of stress. In all applications, DUR-O-WAL seismic products are "user friendly."
Take Seismic Dur-O-Eye and Ladur-Eye with the patented steel plate welded right to the reinforcement, eliminating time-consuming clips. Positioning tabs align assembly with masonry wall, assuring proper mortar coverage and embedment. Pintle adjusts 1-1/4" up or down for different course heights and 1/2" horizontal for in-plane movement.
For veneer to steel stud or wood stud, or veneer to existing CMU or concrete, DUR-O-WAL recommends its Seismic D/A 213 systems. They include the some plate and pintle features as Seismic Dur-O-Eye and Ladur-Eye.
DUR-O-WAL's Seismic Channel Slot and Dovetail Anchor assemblies are designed to fit standard channel and dovetail slots.
Take a lood off your mind. For code-approved ties that stand up to seismic conditions and high winds, contact your DUR-O-WAL representative or call toll-free: 1-800-323-0090.
COVER
The conceptual design approach for the two building 150,000 square foot Liberty Center office complex in Troy, Michigan, was to consider the two units as one simple, linear rectangular mass with the center part "eroded" away to remain as a courtyard between the two halves.
The curvilinear end walls facing the courtyard are capped with a seven story glass block skin, providing veiled views of the courtyard from within the buildings. A three story atrium lobby is located just behind the glass block wall, and recessed entrances are provided for fair weather access to the courtyard and the buildings. The glass block wall continues up and into the mechanical penthouse area, enclosing a two story penthouse lobby on the sixth floor.
Rossetti Associates, Birmingham, Michigan, architects for the project, were requested by the client to consider a number of different materials for the serpentine wall. Glass block was selected as the ideal material for the compound curved walls. The block's natural properties of depth cause a slight diffusion and a functional contrast with the exterior wall. The whole idea of the serpentine wall causes a "light baffling" from the sun.
Glass block end walls consist of Pittsburgh Corning 8x8 clear block floor to ceiling in vision areas, and textured glass block backed up with dark insulation in spandrel areas.
General contractor for the project was R. E. Dailey Company, Southfield, Michigan. Kanfer Construction of Oak Park, Michigan was the mason contractor. Photography by Balthazar Korab Limited, Troy, Michigan, courtesy of Pittsburgh Corning Corporation.
FINSTROM
WELCOME MASONS
"Finstrom here is with the convention. He's into concrete masonry."