Spectacular Liberty Towers win Golden Trowel award.Liberty Towers, the spectacular new waterfront rental community along Jersey City's Hudson River Hudson River River, New York, U.S. Originating in the Adirondack Mountains and flowing for about 315 mi (507 km) to New York City, it was named for Henry Hudson, who explored it in 1609. Dutch settlement of the Hudson valley began in 1629. Gold Coast, received industry recognition at the recent 2003 New Jersey Golden Trowel Awards. The community, which houses 648 elegant residences in two 37-story buildings connected by a lavish amenities core, won top honors in the competition's "Residential Apartment Buildings" category. The awards, which recognize "outstanding achievements in masonry masonry: see brick; concrete; stonework; tile. masonry Craft of building in stone, brick, or block. By 4000 BC, Egypt had developed an elaborate cut-stone technique. design and construction," are sponsored by the International Masonry Institute in conjunction with BAC BAC abbr. blood alcohol concentration New Jersey Locals 4&5 and the Masonry Contractors of New Jersey. Award winners were chosen by a jury consisting of construction experts from architectural and craftworker professionals to contractors and educators. Jurors based their decisions on architectural quality, with an emphasis on the use of masonry. The Golden Trowel award comes on the heels of Liberty Towers winning a Merit Award in the High Rise category at the 40th Annual New Jersey Concrete Awards sponsored by the New Jersey Concrete & Aggregate Association and the New Jersey Chapter of the American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of Concrete Institute. Designed by architect Jordan Jordan, country, Asia Jordan, officially Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, kingdom (2005 est. pop. 5,760,000), 35,637 sq mi (92,300 sq km), SW Asia. It borders on Israel and the West Bank in the west, on Syria in the north, on Iraq in the northeast, and on Saudi Gruzen of Gruzen Samton Architects in Manhattan, the exterior facade facade (fəsäd`), exterior face or wall of a building. The term implies ordered placement of its openings and other features and thus seems inapplicable to a wall without design. of Liberty Towers combines a sweeping curved glass wall on one side and a saw-tooth facade of projecting glass-enclosed rooms on the other. The glass elements are extended from the floor to the ceiling, which is just under 9' high, while the exterior is composed of distinctive, salmon-colored brick accented with wide white brick bands to add contrast. |
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