Articles

In This Issue of The Story Pole

Story Pole Magazine Cover

2007 Volume 39, Number 1

THE PARADIGM SHIFT

  • Loadbearing Masonry's Bottom Line: Comparison of CMU backup and metal stud backup for condensation potential and initial construction cost reveals CMU to be best choice. (*AIA CES)
  • Insulated cavity masonry wall design maximizes energy performance. (*AIA CES)

MASONRY IN HEALTH CARE CONSTRUCTION

  • World Class City Emerges Anchoring Life Science Corridor: West Michigan
  • Tower 25: Distinctive, Contextual, Cost Effective: Grand Rapids Medical Mile
  • Economics Dictate Masonry: Women's Health Center, Grand Rapids
  • Home Away From Home: Hope Lodge, Grand Rapids, MI
  • The Art & Science of High Performance: Schoolcraft College Biomedical Technology Center, Livonia, MI
  • Vertical Expansion: Henry Ford West Pavilion, Detroit, MI
  • Consistent Beauty: St. Joseph Mercy Surgical Pavilion, Superior Twp, MI

BRICK & MORTAR

  • Designing with Special Shape Bricks
  • History of Masonry Cement
  • MCAA & World of Masonry

On the cover:
Tower 25, Grand Rapids
(Rendering courtesy of URS)
Tower 25 of the Michigan State Development on Grand Rapids Medical Mile, designed by A/E firm URS. Crisp white manufactured architectural cast stone set in stacked bond allows masonry two visual roles - that of traditional masonry blending with the city's past and that of contemporary flair moving the city forward. Craftsmanship by Burggrabe Masonry.

American Institute of Architects *Some articles will earn you one AIA/CES LU hour of health, safety and welfare credit. The Masonry Institute of Michigan is a Registered Provider with the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Systems. See magazine for details.