100 Contemporary Concrete Buildings - Hardcover

Jodidio, Philip

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9783836547673: 100 Contemporary Concrete Buildings

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3836547678 ISBN 13: 9783836547673

Publisher: Taschen America Llc, 2015

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Liquid stone
The charm of concrete architecture today
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.
This two-volume book highlights the best work done in concrete of recent years. It includes such stars as Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, and Steven Holl, but also surprising new architects like the Russians SPEECH, and rising stars of the international scene like Rudy Ricciotti from France, as well as artists such as James Turrell, who turned the famous concrete spiral of Frank Lloyd Wright s Guggenheim in New York into the setting of one of his most remarkable pieces.

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Review:

"Concrete may call to mind city blocks and parking lots, but lately the material has been going into a range of architectural masterpieces around the world. In a new two-volume set, 100 Contemporary Concrete Buildings, writer Philip Jodidio reveals how the material has become the stuff of high design..." "... A well-deserved homage to the so called 'liquid stone'." "100 Contemporary Concrete Buildings, produced in TASCHEN's lavish and professional style - and oh so large and heavy, feels as if it's made of the material. Split into two giant coffee-table hardbacks, it features a chunky section on each of the buildings starting with a fact-heavy architect bio, a brief write-up about the building and several pages of beautifully shot, well-captioned photos, plus architectural drawings. For those people who still need convincing that concrete can indeed be beautiful, 100 Contemporary Concrete Buildings might just do the trick."

About the Author:

Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard, and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His TASCHEN books include the Architecture Now! series and monographs on Tadao Ando, Norman Foster, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, Shigeru Ban, Oscar Niemeyer, and Zaha Hadid.

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