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"Innovation in Construction" Award presented by
Remodeling News Magazine
Five story brownstone building located 65th Street and Park Avenue in New York City. The building is an historic landmark building.
Built in 1869, the building was a storefront on the first floor, and the remaining floors served as the living quarters for the owners of the building. The building has been converted to upscale doctor’s offices.
Garden State Brickface, Windows & Siding was called in by the owner to repair the extreme deteriorated condition of the existing brownstone facade, including the brownstone window surrounds. Upon close examination of the existing facade, we found the structure to be sound. However, the exterior skin of the brownstone and the window surrounds were too deteriorated to repair, as they had turned to soft powder. The challenge was to maintain the existing appearance, while keeping an aesthetic look that would be pleasing.
New architectural windows were installed, as well as a front entry way system. A traditional hand sculpted stucco brownstone block that was replicated to the design of the original building was used on the exterior. This was plastered on like stucco, floated down and then had lines scored in it to duplicate the original look. The window surrounds were duplicated exactly using extruded polystyrene encapsulated in urethane, then coated with a smooth acrylic finish. The exterior facade was also finished with a hand trowelled, smooth acrylic, modified Elastomeric coating.
All materials and work was submitted for approval by the Landmarks Commission with the requirement that we maintain the architectural integrity of the original.
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"Innovation in Construction" Award for Best Facelift
The sixty-year-old house of 5,000 square feet was to be transformed to be the "Last Word in Design"; electronic alarms, high tech heating and air conditioning, visual and sound entertainment equipment - all state-of-the-art.
The first job was the exterior. Garden State Brickface was called in and given the task to design a concept which included molded carvings and a 19th century colored, textured stucco finish to satisfy the confused and dejected owner.
Sample after sample was made and rejected until we showed the owner a 200-year-old villa in Spain. We made a sample to simulate the texture and color of the villa and approval was immediate.
In order to duplicate the double relief molding our manufacturer and designer had to retool to come up with the exotic casings and keystones.
Raised window surrounds and door treatments, as well as, quoines in extruded polystyrene were designed. Applying them over cement next to five coats of hand rubbed mahogany windows with a fast drying bonding agent was time consuming and nerve racking.
The original house was filled with voids and spacing and had to be chipped and flash patched prior to starting the job. After the addition was complete, special galvanized spacers and trim were installed before lathing with 3.4" galvanized steel lath. The iron oxides had to be carefully measured before folding them into a cyclo-blending hopper for consistency of color. The "Instant-Crete" textured finish coat was carefully hand troweled, as the frame and windows could not be masked.
We achieved the "Last Word in Design" that the owner was looking for. The result was that we created a rich looking, maintenance free exterior facade that fit the architectural integrity of the home.
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Other Awards from NARI, Professional Remodeler and Professional Builder
NARI (National Association of the Remodeling Industry) named Garden State Brickface, Windows & Siding the "National Contractor of the Year". The Contractor of the Year (CoTy) Award is widely considered the premier competition of its kind throughout the remodeling industry. Garden State Brickface, Windows & Siding received this award for outstanding workmanship in the Commercial Specialty category.
NARI (National Association of the Remodeling Industry) named Garden State Brickface, Windows & Siding the "Northern Region Contractor of the Year". The Contractor of the Year (CoTy) Award is widely considered the premier competition of its kind throughout the remodeling industry.
Based on our technology, Garden State Brickface, Windows & Siding was named a "BenchMark Market Leader" for Innovation and Quality in the Remodeling Industry by Professional Remodeler Magazine.
Garden State Brickface was voted one of the top "101 Best Companies to Work for in America" by Professional Remodeler and Professional Builder Magazines.
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