Concrete / essay by
Leonard Koren ; edited by William Hall.
Phaidon Press, New York [etc.] : 2012.
233 p. : il.
ISBN 9780714863542
Biblioteca Sbc Aprendizaje A-693.5 CON
Concrete takes a fresh
look at the world's most versatile and abundant building material. Collating
fascinating and beautiful concrete buildings by some of the most celebrated
architects of the last century, it features familiar projects from Le Corbusier
and Frank Lloyd Wright alongside work from some of the leading lights of
contemporary architecture including Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, and
many lesser-known newcomers. Arranged to promote comparison and discussion, the
selected projects take the reader on a global tour of inspiring and intriguing
structures: a German skatepark sits beside an Italian rooftop test track, a
Japanese crematorium alongside a Portuguese swimming pool and a Brazilian
government building next to a Chinese opera house. Illustrated with
extraordinary photographs, each project includes an extended caption providing
a commentary on the building. An essay by Leonard Koren, author of the
best-selling “Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers”,
offers an evocative and perceptive view of concrete through the author's
experience of studying architecture in California and living in Tokyo. Concrete
is a beautiful and informative visual exploration of a material often
considered dull and cold but actually full of spectacular potential.
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