Name: Bâtiments Contemporains en Béton (Bibliotheca Universalis)
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Author: Philip Jodidio
ISBN: 9783836564939

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Bâtiments Contemporains en Béton (Bibliotheca Universalis)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Philip Jodidio

Publisher

Taschen

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

632

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

19.6 x 15.0 x 4.3 cm

Weight

1.22 kg.

ISBN13

9783836564939

Synopsis "Bâtiments Contemporains en Béton (Bibliotheca Universalis) "

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 Bibliotheca Universalis edition 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 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.About the seriesBibliotheca Universalis -- Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe!

Philip Jodidio

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Philip Jodidio (New Jersey, United States, April 26, 1954) is an American architecture critic.

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