Concrete
Opis
Concrete takes a fresh look at the world?s most versatile and abundant
building material. Collating fascinating and beautiful concrete buildings
by some of the most celebrated architects of the last century, it features
familiar projects from Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright alongside work
from some of the leading lights of contemporary architecture including Zaha
Hadid, Herzog de Meuron, and many lesser-known newcomers. Arranged to
promote comparison and discussion, the selected projects take the reader on
a global tour of inspiring and intriguing structures: a German skatepark
sits beside an Italian rooftop test track, a Japanese crematorium alongside
a Portuguese swimming pool and a Brazilian government building next to a
Chinese opera house.