Structural Engineer Steve Ratchye explains how the outward leaning non-parallel walls of the Sierra Vista Music Building are held up by the roof in the cover article of Structure Magazine, May 2011.
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NCMA/ICPI Design Award of Excellence
The Sierra Vista Music Building was awarded the national 2009 Design Award of Excellence from the National Concrete Masonry Association. According to the Design Awards Jury the Music Building received an award because the concrete masonry is a star. Concrete Masonry Designs, July/August 2010.
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