Week 4: Stem walls, concrete columns

Kaleb putting the finishing touches on the form work
Everything formed up and ready for concrete!
Steel in the columns with "seismic hooks" wrapping the corner rebar
The beauty of concrete is that it can take any form.  Here is a corner detail.
Concrete columns at the fireplace also act as structural plinths for the shear wall above, anchoring the house both symbolically and literally.  This dual function was a feature of the design that really appealed to me:  The marriage of form/function, symbolism/structure.

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