Contemporary Concrete Buildings

by Philip Jodidio

Concrete? That characterless stuff of parking lots or Communist tower blocks, right? Well, yes. And no. Concrete is actually a name applied to a remarkably wide range of building substances, and, when properly handled, is one of the noble materials of contemporary architecture. A kind of "liquid stone" at the outset, it is malleable, durable, and capable of prodigious feats of engineering.

This Bibliotheca Universalis edition...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3836564939
• ISBN13: 9783836564939
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Taschen
• Length: 632 Pages
• Weight: 2.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.8" x 7.7"