Wilderness Falls Water Play Area at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo

The entrance to the Fresno Chaffee zoo Wilderness water play area, which features National Geographic themed elements.

Wilderness Falls, the new interactive water play area with a National Park theme, recently opened at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo. This exhibit area has several activities for kids to explore, play, and learn about local wildlife. Kids will find logs and boulders to climb, a sand pit in which to dig, as well as exciting…

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The Barrel Room at Founders Taproom, Theme Construction

The Barrel Room at Founders Taproom features an artificial rockwork wall with engrained barrels in a dimly lit taproom with seating, low lights, and a full service bar.

COST is often called upon to replicate unique surroundings. The barrel room at Founders Taproom in Detroit is no exception. The barrel room concept was inspired by the gypsum mining caves located 85 feet below Grand Rapids, MI. This is where Founders Brewing Company “barrel-age” their distinctive craft beers. The simulated rockwork walls, old whiskey barrels, and beautiful…

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Newly Renovated Water Feature at Discovery Canyon, Red Deer, Alberta

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The City of Red Deer opened the newly renovated tubing river as part of an overall $2.1M River Bend Golf and Recreation redevelopment plan in the summer of 2017. The tubing river was a regional attraction over the past thirty years but was in dire need of replacement. The river project required demolition and replacement…

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Theme Sculpture Gardens at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital

A sundial sits in the center of a play area at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. The sundial is a blue and yellow pattern, showing phases of the moon and features bear and seal animal sculptures.

The newly expanded $1 billion Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital project at Stanford University is adding 521,000 sq. ft. The expansion includes a new main building, 149 new hospital rooms, treatment rooms, new surgical areas, and two themed interactive sculpture gardens. The two play areas, the Emerald Garden and the Dunlevie Garden, were designed to provide children and…

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Rockwork and Water Features at Metalcraft

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Metalcraft’s desire to rebrand their new Mayville property offered an opportunity for LeRosa Landscape, COST of Wisconsin, Inc., and the client to develop an aesthetic and functional fix to the site’s topographical changes. Simulated Rockwork, Water Features, and Landscaping at Metalcraft The team developed a collaborative approach during the project preconstruction phase to beautify the property…

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