Board-formed & decorative concrete
The feature work — walls, floors, counters and one-off pieces. This is the deep end of what we do.
“Architectural concrete” gets used loosely. For us it means the concrete is the finish, not the thing you cover up — so every form, every pour, every edge has to be right the first time, because there’s no trim to hide behind. For the overview of our architectural concrete work, start on the homepage; this page is the detail.
Twenty years in, this is the work we’re known for. Board-formed walls that keep the grain of the lumber. Exposed aggregate that shows the stone. Polished floors, poured counters, benches and tables that started as a sketch on the back of something.
What we do
- Board-formed concrete — walls cast against real timber so the surface carries the wood grain. Slow, exacting, and worth it.
- Exposed aggregate — the finish ground back to reveal the stone in the mix. Texture, grip, and a look that ages well.
- Polished & ground concrete — floors and subfloors ground and polished to a hard, clean finish. Also the fix for a rough existing slab.
- Concrete countertops — interior and exterior, poured and finished to your space. Kitchen, bar, outdoor.
- Custom pieces — concrete benches, tables, and one-offs. We’ve built custom kitchen tables people still talk about.
- Skate coping — because we’ve been asked, and we’ve done it.
Why it’s harder than it looks
Concrete is unforgiving. It goes where the forms tell it and it remembers every mistake. Getting a board-formed wall to read clean, or a counter to cure without a hairline you’ll notice in the right light, is the difference between twenty years of practice and a first attempt. That’s the part you’re hiring.
Serving North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Vancouver.