Concrete
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Rating | : | 4.79 (556 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0714863548 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2014-08-18 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Concrete" according to Isabelle Jolly. This was a gift for a relative, who does a lot of DIY on his property. He told me that though he had expected more text, it was very interesting just to see what has been done using concrete. The book has houses, business buildings, museums, roads, apartment buildings, and Hoover Dam.The photographs are excellent,. Nilli A. Lippy said Five Stars. Excellent book !!!. Five Stars OK
The book includes innovative and inspirational projects from monuments and churches to stations and cultural spaces, by some of the best architects of the last 100 years.. 'Concrete' presents a visual exploration of the aesthetics of concrete architecture through 180 structures from ancient Rome to the present day
"The sweeping survey of buildings featured in Concrete illustrates the material's chameleonlike versatility, from the Pantheon's coffered dome to Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye." - ELLE Decor"Yes, concrete can be cold and imposing - but as the 175 structures in Concrete attest, it can also be colorful, playful, and delicate." - The Wall Street Journal"The book is a vivid reminder of the sheer endurance, unexpected delicacy, and humor of architecture's humble hero." - Architectural Digest" is book isn't about the bad, it's about proving, as Leonard Koren writes in the introduction, that concrete is
In 1976, two years after studying architecture at UCLA, he founded WET, one of the premier avant-garde publications of the 1970s. He now consults on the subject of design, aesthetics, and communications. William Hall trained at Central Saint Martins and began his career in the office of the minimal