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Above: Before the concrete was poured into the molds, larger pieces of glass and
whole wine bottles with fiber-optic cables glued to their undersides were positioned
and secured with dollops of concrete. Later, the 350 cables were connected to an
illuminator with a color wheel.
Left: An authentic wine barrel was used as the base of a table at the end of the
counter. To install it, the crew poured a concrete footing with #4 rebar set vertically.
The barrel was placed over the footing and rebar, and almost completely filled with
concrete. The pieces of rebar that were left exposed were bent horizontally, then
integrated into the countertop. The wine bottles set in the cast concrete tabletop were
first melted by Cohen in his ceramics shop.
Top: A rolled concrete top retaining wall was built with protruding, arched portions
capped and veneered with travertine tiles. The hanging planters are made from
Cantera stone. In the raised planters made of cinder block and travertine are citrus
trees, ivy geranium, scaevola and bacopa. The Green Scene subcontracted the
artificial turf installation.
One of those opportunities surfaced during a backyard build in New-
bury Park, California that encompassed an outdoor living area with a
kitchen, fireplace, pergola, Cantera stone planters and columns, paver
pathways, faux wood deck and a pond.