The charm of concrete architecture today. Who has t heard of concrete? It is that ugly stuff they make highway bridges and crumbling walls out of, right? Well, yes, and . Concrete is actually a name applied to a remarkably wide range of substances used in construction, and, when it is properly handled, it is actually one of the ble materials of contemporary architecture. A kind of liquid stone at the outset, it is malleable, durable, and, in the right hands, capable of prodigious feats of engineering. This two-volume book highlights the best work done in recent years with concrete. Included are stars like Zaha Hadid. Herzog & de Meuron, and Steven Holl, but also surprising new architects like the Russians SPEECH, rising stars of the international scene like Rudy Ricciotti from France, and even artists such as James Turrell, who turned the famous concrete spiral of Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim in New York into the setting of one of his most remarkable pieces.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taschen Gmbh
ISBN-10
3836547678
ISBN-13
9783836547673
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209031386
Product Key Features
Format
Hardback
Language
English, German, French
Topic
Architecture
Author
Philip Jodidio
Genre
Architecture
Dimensions
Height
240mm
Width
305mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Cologne
Date of Publication
05/06/2015
Country of Publication
Germany
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