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Concrete
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A Concrete Cocoon for the Australian Landscape
Leeton Pointon Architects create a multigenerational retreat on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula that balances sculptural form with climate-responsive design.
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The Boredom Factor: Rethinking Sustainable Design for Millennia
MIT’s Matter Design Lab and Cemex imagine a future where architecture is a reconfigurable artifact passed between generations.
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How Construction Materials and Technologies Are Evolving
Follow METROPOLIS’s most compelling coverage of construction materials and technologies, from next-gen concrete to circular design.
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4 Exciting New Possibilities for Concrete
The next generation of carbon-neutral and recycled concrete products is bringing foundational change to the world’s most common building material.
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A New Book Explores the Understated Career of Filipino Architect Leandro Locsin
Written by Swiss architect and academic Jean-Claude Girard, Leandro Valencia Locsin: Filipino Architect (Birkhäuser, 2022) surveys some 200 projects, both completed and unrealized.
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Recessed Apertures and Atypical Heft Distinguish a Mexico City Apartment House
Designed by Young & Ayata with Michan Architecture, the cast concrete building is the product of reduction.
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Chybik + Kristof’s Design for Lahofer Winery Celebrates Winemaking in Concrete
Though thoroughly modern in form, Lahofer Winery in Dobšice, Czech Republic, takes cues from the vineyards of old.
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With Its Painstaking Restoration, Eero Saarinen’s TWA Flight Center Gets a Second Life
Beyer Blinder Belle led the restoration, which included asbestos abatement, re-creating original architecture, adding ADA accessibility, and more.
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In Mexico City, a 13-Foot Installation Explores a New High-Tech Approach to Casting Concrete
The design, which could unlock previously unattainable forms and reduce material waste, is collaboration between teams at ETH Zurich, Zaha Hadid Architects, and research studio Architecture Extrapolated.
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In Israel, a Minimalist Concrete House Serves as an Exercise in Precision Design
Architect Asaf Gottesman aimed to use a the exacting details of concrete architecture to sharped the skills of his younger architects.
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Rick Joy Uses Concrete to Carve a Secluded Escape on a Tropical Island
This 3,150-square-foot-residence balances privacy with sweeping ocean views.
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Clear Breakthrough: Zospeum Takes Translucent Concrete to Next Level
Concrete as a material has been unchanged as a material since the 19th century, until now. Translucent concrete is here to change the look of architecture.
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Somedia’s New HQ Features a Spectacular “Social” Staircase
This workplace's spectacular staircase functions as a sort of piazza, where workers can come together, either for brief meetings or breaks.
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Tokyo House Tests Environmentally-Friendly Concrete Made From Volcanic Ash
For this unique home, Atelier Tekuto teamed up with experts to develop an environmentally-friendly concrete made—not from sand—but volcanic ash.
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Concrete Furniture, Brutalism’s New Frontier?
Jess Sorel’s outdoor furniture designs take advantage of Landscape Forms’ high-performance material.
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Architect Chiaki Arai Shows Kahn Influence With New Project
For a stunning cultural center in Japan, Chiaki Arai achieves the sublime material clarity of his legendary mentor, Louis Kahn.
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Houses without Windows: Meditative Respites or Architectural Straightjackets?
A look at the architectural trend of windowless homes.
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Phaidon Releases Compendium of Concrete Architecture
Concrete, edited by William Hall with an essay by Leonard Karen, $49.95 US/CAN, Phaidon March 2013, www.phaidon.com When I encounter a book dust jacket that’s textured to the touch I usually assume that it’s a willf
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The Concrete Splendor of Tadao Ando
The primal power of Tadao Ando derives from his sublime use of one material and one move.