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NEW – Petra Design x Adapa Partnership for Curved Moulds for your Concrete, GFRC or GRG Project

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Petra Design Inc is excit­ed to announce a new part­ner­ship along­side Ada­pa A/S (Den­mark). Based in Toron­to, this col­lab­o­ra­tion will be the first of its kind in North Amer­i­ca, as it per­tains to the con­crete, GFRC, GRG and gyp­sum mar­ket segments. 

Ada­pa A/S Adap­tive Mould Tech­nol­o­gy is rev­o­lu­tion­iz­ing the archi­tec­tur­al design indus­try. Today, with this new and advanced curved mould­ing tech­nol­o­gy, Petra Design can pro­duce low-rep­e­ti­tion curved designs faster, and more sus­tain­ably to bet­ter sup­port the archi­tec­tur­al needs of your project. 

We look for­ward to apply­ing our vast indus­try expe­ri­ence along­side Ada­pa A/S to bet­ter meet the grow­ing demand and inter­est in adap­tive mould tech­nol­o­gy. The expan­sion of our ser­vices and activ­i­ties through part­ners in this mar­ket is an excit­ing new ini­tia­tive for Petra Design. 

Con­tact us today to:   
• Quote your Con­crete, GFRC or GRG project with Petra Design in col­lab­o­ra­tion with Ada­pa A/S Adap­tive Mould Tech­nol­o­gy
• Inquire about the pur­chase or lease of Ada­pa A/S Adap­tive Mould Tech­nol­o­gy
• Learn more about Ada­pa A/S patent­ed recon­fig­urable mould technology

Vis­it us at https://petradesign.ca/contactUs.php, or reach out direct­ly at Info@petradesign.ca to learn how we can help make your project a reality.

Architectural Fiberglass Dome

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For the office, pub­lic build­ing or home, few fea­tures can com­pli­ment a room like a fiber­glass dome. A fiber­glass dome can turn any ceil­ing into a lux­u­ri­ous mas­ter­piece at a frac­tion of a price of oth­er mate­ri­als. Fiber­glass (FRP) domes are most often used in pub­lic build­ings, reli­gious build­ings, homes, liv­ing and din­ing rooms and oth­er open spaces. Fiber glass domes are high­ly desir­able due to their low cost, strength, weath­er-resis­tant mate­r­i­al and light weight.

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The Basics You Need to Know About Glass Fibre Reinforced Concrete (GFRC)

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Glass Fiber Rein­forced Con­crete, also known as GRC and GFRC, is a cement-based com­pos­ite mate­r­i­al rein­forced with aggre­gates, poly­mers and alka­li-resis­tant fibers. GFRC can be formed into thin sec­tioned light­weight ele­ments and pro­vides design­ers, archi­tects and engi­neers with sub­stan­tial advan­tages when com­pared to oth­er tra­di­tion­al con­crete mate­ri­als. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

The Information You Need to Start Your Plaster Molding Endeavour

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Manip­u­lat­ed for cen­turies by skilled arti­sans to yield archi­tec­tur­al prod­ucts of intri­cate detail and design ele­gance, plas­ter has proven to be the ide­al mate­r­i­al in the cre­ation of orna­men­tal deco­rum, wall brack­ets and gen­er­al mold­ing. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Questions & Answers – Petra Design

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Ques­tion & Answer _Petra Design

Question, Answer, Petra, Design

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Q1. What does Petra Design specialize in?

Petra Design has over 20 years expe­ri­enced in inte­ri­or and exte­ri­or dec­o­ra­tive solu­tion, we are spe­cial­ized in man­u­fac­tur­ing of pre­cast con­crete, GFRC,GRG and fiber­glass prod­ucts. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Interior Columns Design for Your Home

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Some­times Archi­tects and design­ers have a dilem­ma between func­tion­al and dec­o­ra­tive design for space. In that aspects. Inte­ri­or columns always would be a good choice to achieve both desires. Because Inte­ri­or columns can be struc­tur­al sup­port fig­ure and a dec­o­ra­tive dis­play for space.

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What kind of Window Surround Designs are Best For Exterior

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Do you have any favorite win­dow design for your dream house list? The win­dow is one of the most impor­tant fea­tures in build­ing a house, it gives the first impres­sion of the house from the out­side. That’s why when peo­ple build a new house or do ren­o­va­tion on the house exte­ri­or, win­dow sur­rounds design is impor­tant to com­plete the entire project.

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Mod­ern style win­dow surrounds_Designed by Petra Design

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How to Choose an Architectural Exterior Column?

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Columns are one of the most his­tor­i­cal archi­tec­tur­al fea­tures. A long time ago, its mas­sive foun­da­tions were made of lime­stone, and the Columns were made of Clien­tele mar­ble, a mate­r­i­al that was uti­lized for the first time. The Roman peo­ple invent­ed Columns to sup­port their building.

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Over the cen­turies, Columns have been known as an attrac­tive archi­tec­tur­al design. It’s not only sup­port­ing the beam but also It is very pop­u­lar for dec­o­ra­tive pur­pos­es. Fur­ther­more, these days, Columnss are man­u­fac­tured using dif­fer­nt mate­r­i­al like GFRC, Fiber­glass and cast stone etc. The type of mate­r­i­al is being decid­ed on the scale, cost and appli­ca­tion of the con­struc­tion. Fol­low the 3 guide­lines they are below dif­fer­ent types of archi­tec­tur­al exte­ri­or columns, peo­ple can take ideas for their home or com­mer­cial place. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Ceiling Design Tips for Decorative Home Interior

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In con­sid­er­a­tion of inven­tive ceil­ing design, peo­ple need to think about the avail­able space; the sur­round­ing walls and the over­all theme of the home, there are numer­ous pat­terns and col­ors to choose from.

Here are five dif­fer­ent type of ceil­ing styles and designs that peo­ple can get ideas for their home inte­ri­or design. In 2017, ceil­ing design trends are dynam­ic, dec­o­ra­tive and ele­gant. Let’s start with these use­ful tips for a dec­o­ra­tive home interior.

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3 Ideas of plaster mouldings (Interior Crown moldings)

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Installing plas­ter moulding/molding (crown mould­ing) is one of today’s most pop­u­lar archi­tec­tur­al upgrades, giv­ing plain walls depth and for­mal­i­ty. The crown moulding/molding is used as a tran­si­tion between the wall and ceil­ing. It cel­e­brates a high ceil­ing and makes a low ceil­ing less oppres­sive and more interesting.

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Why people love plaster moulding/molding designs?

Peo­ple can make unique space at their home or com­mer­cial place. It can be Mod­ern or old school style and so on. Con­tin­ue read­ing →