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Concrete elegance one
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Concrete has for many years been discovered as a versatile material suited to a wide range of applications from small scale artefacts and sculptures, domestic scale architecture through to multi-story buildings and landscapes, where the current generation of concretes offers greater potential than ever. This book was a series of lectures by designers and specialists which(...)
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Concrete has for many years been discovered as a versatile material suited to a wide range of applications from small scale artefacts and sculptures, domestic scale architecture through to multi-story buildings and landscapes, where the current generation of concretes offers greater potential than ever. This book was a series of lectures by designers and specialists which set out to celebrate inspirational and innovative uses of concrete. Concrete Elegance One documents some of the projects which form the backbone of these talks. The book highlights two particular projects expressing a renewed interest in concrete's plastic and aesthetic qualities that are present in architecture today, namely the Spiral Staircase in Copenhagen and the concrete arch of the Seonyu Bridge in Seoul, both of which demonstrate how ready mixed concrete and the right selection of formwork and placement techniques can produce award winning architecture at affordable prices.
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October 2006
Materials and Lighting
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Concrete elegance two
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The scope for concrete in all its forms continues to evolve and surprise. Concrete Elegance Two - the second in a series of three books - highlights once again the inexhaustible material possibilities for creating visually uplifting architecture. The projects discussed in this book are varied and provide an exploration into concrete's versatility. The popular material(...)
Concrete elegance two
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The scope for concrete in all its forms continues to evolve and surprise. Concrete Elegance Two - the second in a series of three books - highlights once again the inexhaustible material possibilities for creating visually uplifting architecture. The projects discussed in this book are varied and provide an exploration into concrete's versatility. The popular material can be used for anything from kitchen worktops to house extensions. The book contains a summary of state of the art developments in casting smooth, double-storey high, board marked panels without compaction exemplified by the Lincoln City and County Museum.
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October 2006
Materials and Lighting
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Concrete elegance three
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This publication, the third in the Concrete Elegance Series, explores the various colours and surface consistencies of concrete. It discusses the quality and variety of colour emerging in concrete architecture using examples, such as the black concrete of the Utrecht Library, the grass-imprinted precast panels of the A16 Toll Booths in France, the pink glass reinforced(...)
Concrete elegance three
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This publication, the third in the Concrete Elegance Series, explores the various colours and surface consistencies of concrete. It discusses the quality and variety of colour emerging in concrete architecture using examples, such as the black concrete of the Utrecht Library, the grass-imprinted precast panels of the A16 Toll Booths in France, the pink glass reinforced concrete (GRC) panels of Villaverde in Madrid and the plain grey concrete in the Bacon Street House. The book shows that the interpretation and end results of using tried and tested concrete mixes and commonly used forming materials still offer almost limitless design freedom and scope for expression. The landscape, hardscape, parkland and playground projects and domestic artefacts reviewed in this edition help to broaden the readers understanding of concrete's potential and universal appeal.
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October 2007
Materials and Lighting