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Concrete
Elegance One
David
Bennett
RIBA Publishing
Code: 57075 | 48pp | Pb
 'Concrete
Elegance' was a series of lectures by designers and specialists which
set out to celebrate inspirational and innovative uses of concrete.
Concrete Elegance One documents some of the projects which form the
backbone of these talks.
The
book highlights projects expressing a renewed interest in concrete's
plastic and aesthetic qualities that are present in architecture today,
including the Spiral Staircase in Copenhagen and the concrete arch of
the Seonyu Bridge in Seoul, both of which demonstrate how ready mixed
concrete and the right selection of formwork and placement techniques
can produce award winning architecture at affordable prices.
This
book aims to renew an interest in the potential of concrete in all its
many forms and expressions and inspire the architect and engineer to
learn more about the ways in which concrete can be used to achieve elegant
and innovative designs.
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