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Published on: 2/1/2007
Last Visited: 6/22/2007
For Theodore Dial, an architect in Mobile, Alabama, and creator of Dac-Art Building System, a custom made dry-stack concrete block, the requests for his products and services almost always come directly from the consumer."Our direct clientele has not been builders.It's people who want this look on their home, and then they bring a builder in after they've already decided they want Dac-Art," Dial says.
Dial, who loves old world buildings and has visited Paris dozens of times over the years, made a study of the architecture and materials of centuries-old buildings.His company Dac-Art (short for Dial Architectural Components) recreates that look using modern methods.
Dial creates custom molds for his architectural plans, to cast concrete blocks that look like weathered European stones.
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• Dac-Art Building System, Theodore Dial, 800-803-2601, www.dac-art.net