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CONCRETE

INTRO 02 – 2017 – MARCH

Praised by architects and often disapproved of by the public, concrete evokes functionalist housing estates of panelled tower blocks and brutalist department stores from the 1960s and 1970s. Strong, powerful, indestructible, timeless. This is concrete.

Print format 230 × 295 mm, 148 pages
Printed on uncoated, offset paper
Printed in Czech


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EDITORIAL

This material, formed by mixing loose binder, filler, additives and admixtures in an aqueous suspension, has a big impact on the world around us and a history that stretches far into the past. Thanks to concrete, we’re surrounded by many buildings that combine beauty with efficiency. So let’s bring this material, with its tendency to fade into the background, strongly to the fore and look at it together.


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1/ Editorial

4/ The Victorious Return of Concrete

6/ DOX+

16/ Interview with Leoš Válka and Petr Hájek

22/ Concrete

26/ The History of Concrete and Cement

28/ Perspectives on Concrete

30/ Concrete, International Style

34/ Alberto Kalach - Master of Mexican Architecture

42/ Ten Wings of a Building

62/ A Salt Warehouse in New York

72/ Concrete Dunes

82/ SCOB — Interview with Óscar Blasco and Sergi Carulla

86/ Archeopark Pavlov

96/ Houses in the Fog

104/ Concrete in the Service of the Homeland

112/ Czechoslovakia’s Concrete ‘60s

118/ Pouring Concrete into Clay

122/ The Buried Church

124/ Publications

126/ Materials and Technology

146/ Team INTRO