Contemporary Concrete Buildings
$153.78
- Hardcover
730 pages
- Release Date
29 August 2025
Summary
Liquid Stone: The Art of Contemporary Concrete Architecture
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.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783836584036 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3836584034 |
| Series: | Architecture |
| Author: | Philip Jodidio |
| Publisher: | Taschen GmbH |
| Imprint: | Taschen GmbH |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 730 |
| Release Date: | 29 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 340mm x 250mm |
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Critics Review
… A well-deserved homage to the so called ‘liquid stone’. * Architectural Digest *
About The Author
Philip Jodidio
Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His TASCHEN books include the Homes for Our Time series and monographs on numerous major architects, including Norman Foster, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, and Zaha Hadid.
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