Urbanite For Suburbanites - Outdoor Building the Most Concrete and Natural Way

p>ur-ban-ite o [ur-buh-nahyt] -- nouna plethora of uses, with chunks of urbanite
Any piece of broken concrete used as a buildingintegrated into the retaining walls of the spiral
material. When you see a pile of broken concretemeditation walk. Even more impressive is the way
lying around, do you think hip new building materialthe creators of the landscape used urbanite to
or something to haul to the dump? If you yearnbuild the waterfalls that line the walkways
to give new life to your old concrete driveway,throughout the park.
count yourself as a trendsetter.I have incorporated urbanite throughout my newly
Urbanite is gaining great respect as a 21st centuryremodeled back patio and outdoor kitchen, using it
building material, with pieces of our fragmentedas retaining walls and flooring throughout. Plus
culture being salvaged for use in sidewalks, walls,adding to the fun, we incorporated pieces of red
floors and courtyards. It's an explosion ofand green colored urbanite to add a splash of
recycling genius, where artistic meets thrifty tointerest.
create professional looking masterpiece. The bestAs a bonus, I collected the edging from a friend's
part is, that in most cases, urbanite comes to usswimming pool when it was being remodeled,
simply for the cost of picking it up.which perfectly caps the urbanite retaining wall in
For inspiration on how to use urbanite, just lookmy backyard, creating a natural place to sit.
around. The Virginia G. Piper Writing Center atUrbanite is not something that you can find at
Arizona State University's Tempe campusyour local building store. It usually sits in piles in
showcases a mosaic of urbanite cast in itsfront of your neighbors, waiting for a one-way
garden, used as stepping stones and a patio, withtrip to the landfill. So get your truck and start
a smattering of perennials growing in the soil indreaming about all your possible uses for this free
between. The Phoenix Indian School Park featuresbuilding material.