Concrete: Pure, Strong, Surprising

Concrete: Pure, Strong, Surprising – Braun Publishers – House on a Stream – (PDF)

This volume presents the many faces of concrete and the breadth of design possibilities of this building materia. It is illustrated by numerous contemporary realized projects. Concrete is an all-around talent, already in use in ancient Rome and since the second half of the 20th century one of the most important building materials. After a period of excess, a renaissance of – exposed – concrete began in the 1990s. Expressive-opulent at times and minimalist-clear at others – the material is always new, exciting, and startling.

The book publishes House on a Stream, a project with a sculptural quality entirely cast in exposed concrete.