Contemporary Concrete Buildings
$44.99
- Hardcover
624 pages
- Release Date
30 December 2018
Summary
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.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783836564939 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3836564939 |
| Author: | Philip Jodidio |
| Publisher: | Taschen GmbH |
| Imprint: | Taschen GmbH |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 624 |
| Release Date: | 30 December 2018 |
| Weight: | 976g |
| Dimensions: | 44mm x 140mm x 195mm |
| Series: | Bibliotheca Universalis |
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Critics Review
“A fundamental reference for intellectual trends and developments in 21st-century architecture.”
“A fundamental reference for intellectual trends and developments in 21st-century architecture.”
Philip Jodidio
Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His TASCHEN books include the Homes for Our Time series and monographs on numerous major architects, including Norman Foster, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, and Zaha Hadid.
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