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Allotted on 650 acres of sweeping Georgia countryside, the newly constructed BabyLand General Hospital is the latest birthplace for the world-renowned Cabbage Patch Kids®. Xavier Roberts, Cabbage Patch creator and Georgia native, envisioned a new structure that would foster quality family time along with providing business for the local community.
Inside this hospital estate, the culmination of a Fathers Waiting Room, maternity wards, and even a room containing a sonogram machine used for Mother Cabbage allows a fantasy world to transform into reality. Equally eye-grasping is the hospitals exterior components. The front entrance showcases four massive, round 36 x 24 Fiberwound columns with Tuscan capitals and bases. The hospitals architectural elegance does not stop at the front entrance, though. In fact, throughout BabyLand General Hospital an additional 63 columns can be seen including within the 20,000 square feet wrap-around porch. A variety of column sizes contributes to BabyLands Southern architectural charm. Included within, among, and around the hospital are:
— 16″ x 12′ PolyStone® columns with Tuscan capitals & bases
— 20″ x 12′ Fiberwound columns with Tuscan capitals & bases
— 24″ x 14′ Fiberwound columns with Tuscan capitals & bases
The little world of Xavier Roberts classic creations complemented with magnificent columns offers a chance to experience both an interior daydream and an exterior, architectural paradise.
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Chadsworth Columns Used for the Louise S. McGehee School for Girls
2344 St. Charles Avenue — New Orleans, Louisiana
Architect: Jahncke Architects Inc.
Contractor: Crane Builders of New Orleans
“Restoration: the process of returning, as nearly as possible, an existing building to its condition at a particular time in history. The work may include removing later additions, making hidden repairs and replacing missing details.” — Bruce Eggler
The Louise S. McGehee School for Girls was established in 1912. Almost a century later, Crane Builders, through the direction of Jahncke Architects, was set to the task of restoring the columns on the front of this beautiful historic masterpiece. Chadsworth was selected to replicate the orginal columns on the structure– columns which would not only pass rigid historical guidelines, but in a synthetic material that would endure many more centuries to come.
Using a filament-wound process, Chadsworth fabricated 18 columns for the school. 10 Ionic (Roman) columns with fluted (Ionic) shafts and Ionic (attic) bases and 8 Corinthian (Roman) columns with fluted (Ionic) shafts with Ionic (attic) bases – all approximately 14″ tapering to 12″ x 14′.
This project was honored by the New Orleans Historic District Commission with an award in restoration.
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New Chadsworth Pergola Catalog Available for Download
Chadsworth now offers our custom pergola line in three materials to better accomodate the needs of your specific project. Depending on the requirements of your job- support beams, rafters, and purlins are available in either PVC, polyurethane, or fiberglass.
Please take a moment to enjoy our new Pergola Catalog (link below) and see just how easy building your own custom pergola can be. We have gathered a collection of beautiful photographs from some of our satisfied clients and hope this brings you closer to visualizing your new outdoor space.
http://shop.columns.com/images/Custom-Pergola-Brochure.pdf
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Chadsworth Columns Goes Green with Premium Lyptus® Columns
Chadsworth Columns Goes Green with Premium Lyptus® Columns
Leading manufacturer / distributor unveils Brazilian hardwood pillars that save money and the environment.
WILMINGTON, N.C., July 13, 2009— For more than 20 years, Chadsworth Incorporated (http://www.columns.com/) has come to stand for quality, craftsmanship and integrity of design. And now, the global manufacturer and distributor of columns and related architectural products is at a new level of commitment with the unveiling of premium Lyptus® columns, an eco-friendly product that’s an affordable alternative to cherry, jatoba, hickory or mahogany.
“When it comes to our industry and its role in environmental sustainability, Chadsworth strives to be part of the solution,” says Jeffery L. Davis, founder and designer of Chadsworth Incorporated. “Lyptus® is a perfect example of innovation at its best, and we’re honored to offer this to customers. Every day, we hear requests for green products. We’re responding with a new hardwood column, made by a renewable resource that simultaneously meets our standards of quality, design and even price. Given what’s happening to rainforests around the globe, this is not only exciting but important and timely.”
Lyptus® is a naturally occurring hybrid of Eucalyptus grandis and E. urophylla. It’s planted and grown among reintroduced native species on plantation-style, managed forests in Brazil. It takes only 14 to 16 years to harvest the trees, compared to the 30 years it takes for other hardwoods to mature. These crop characteristics ensure a consistent quality and supply, keeping prices competitive with other premium hardwoods.
Once harvested, Lyptus® demonstrates excellent workability, machining properties, density, finish tolerance and strength. That means it’s ideal for columns and the very reason why Chadsworth has proudly adopted this cutting-edge hardwood into its product line. Available in stain grade, solid board, Chadsworth’s Lyptus® column shafts and staves come in most standard sizes.
“What’s particularly noteworthy about Lyptus® is that it fits most building and architectural specifications, so it’s an easy, durable fit,” Davis says. “We’ll explain product details with our customers, but we expect people to be pleased with just how simple it will be to incorporate this eco-friendly hardwood into their plans.”
Columns are provided unassembled, sanded only. Freight charges are additional although discounts apply for orders over four pieces. For more information, visit www.columns.com or call 800-486-2118.
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