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As strong as a rock, the Foro Boca rises above the sea on the Gulf of Mexico. With their rough-cast exposed concrete facades, the angular volumes of this new concert hall by Rojkind Architects resemble a huge group of boulders. The contrast to the James Simon Galerie in Berlin could scarcely be greater. For this new point of access to the Museum Island, David Chipperfield Architects Berlin designed a filigree concrete colonnade that asserts itself as a light and airy viewing platform over the River Spree, opening up new perspectives to the urban surroundings. The slender columns were constructed as precast concrete elements with white marble ¬aggregate. The architects deliberately adopted the motif of the colonnade as a reference to the historical museum architecture nearby, translating it into a contemporary form that also avails itself of present-day production methods. In the June edition of DETAIL, we have compiled a number of examples of modern developments that demonstrate the diversity of concrete. Just as varied as the individual buildings portrayed here – whether rough or smooth, light or powerful – are the details and the forms of construction using this material.

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Reinforced concrete --- Béton armé. --- Reinforced concrete construction --- Construction en béton armé

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Nuclear pressure vessels --- Prestressed concrete --- Réacteurs nucléaires --- Béton précontraint. --- Caissons.

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"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. This two-volume book highlights the best work done in concrete of recent years. It includes such stars as Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, and Steven Holl, but also surprising new architects like the Russians SPEECH, and rising stars of the international scene like Rudy Ricciotti from France, as well as artists such as James Turrell, who turned the famous concrete spiral of Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim in New York into the setting of one of his most remarkable pieces."--Provided by publisher.

Concrete construction. --- Architecture, Modern --- Concrete construction --- Modern architecture --- Building, Concrete --- Concrete building --- Construction, Concrete --- Building --- Constructions en béton --- Design architectural --- Architecture --- 72.039 --- Bouwmaterialen ; beton --- Betonbouw --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 2000 - 2050 --- 691.3 --- Bouwmaterialen ; kunststeen, beton --- Constructions en béton

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Concrete, Reinforced. --- Laboratorium Magnel voor gewapend beton. --- Rijksuniversiteit te Gent --- History.