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Refine versus shine: Defining and defending design intent with refined concrete

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Photo courtesy Vivian Volz Despite this retail store being open for less than 18 months, the polished concrete finish has failed leaving an unsightly, pitted, unrefined concrete surface. It is likely that the benchmarks for this polishing scope were gloss-based and the design team had no way to protect the owner from this outcome.

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