Contemporary concrete buildings = : Zeitgenossische Bauten aus Beton = Batiments contemporains en beton
Jodidio, Philip2018
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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 highlights the best work done in concrete of recent years. It includes such stars as Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, and Steven Holl, but also surprising new architects like the Russians SPEECH and 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.
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Koln : Taschen, 2018
Collation:
618 pages : colour illustrations, plans ; 21 cm.
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Spine title: Concrete buildings
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Includes index.Text in English with German and French translations.
ISBN:
9783836564939
Dewey class:
721.0445
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English
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BRN:
352491
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - House and Garden | 721.0445 JOD | Available |