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CONCRETE
Praised by architects and often disapproved of by the public, concrete evokes functionalist housing estates of panelled tower blocks and brutalist department stores from the 1960s and 1970s. Strong, powerful, indestructible, timeless. This is concrete.
Print format 230 × 295 mm, 148 pages
Printed on uncoated, offset paper
Printed in Czech
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EDITORIAL
This material, formed by mixing loose binder, filler, additives and admixtures in an aqueous suspension, has a big impact on the world around us and a history that stretches far into the past. Thanks to concrete, we’re surrounded by many buildings that combine beauty with efficiency. So let’s bring this material, with its tendency to fade into the background, strongly to the fore and look at it together.
read more4/ The Victorious Return of Concrete
6/ DOX+
16/ Interview with Leoš Válka and Petr Hájek
22/ Concrete
26/ The History of Concrete and Cement
28/ Perspectives on Concrete
30/ Concrete, International Style
34/ Alberto Kalach - Master of Mexican Architecture
42/ Ten Wings of a Building
62/ A Salt Warehouse in New York
72/ Concrete Dunes
82/ SCOB — Interview with Óscar Blasco and Sergi Carulla
86/ Archeopark Pavlov
96/ Houses in the Fog
104/ Concrete in the Service of the Homeland
112/ Czechoslovakia’s Concrete ‘60s
118/ Pouring Concrete into Clay
122/ The Buried Church
124/ Publications
126/ Materials and Technology
146/ Team INTRO