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“Many would consider a country without building materials uninhabitable.” With these words, Minister of Industry Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason opened Iceland’s first and only cement plant in 1958. More than a century before, Portland cement was first used as plaster on the walls of the Reykjavík cathedral. At the time, most rural and urban dwellings were still being built from local turf or expensive imported timber. Just a few decades later, Icelandic architects, engineers, and masons were building their country exclusively in concrete. How did this material become so popular that the first decades of the twentieth century are referred to as “the age of concrete”? The Icelandic Concrete Saga focuses on over one hundred years of Icelandic architecture, construction, and technology. It traces the history of an architecture in constant struggle with material scarcity and the natural elements, its outcomes intertwined with Icelandic politics, culture, and society.

Building materials --- Concrete. --- History --- Architecture --- Construction en béton --- Politique urbaine --- Building materials. --- Béton --- Islande

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Today, concrete experiences a renaissance; one could speak of a neo-concrete era. The advantages adjudicated to this material have fundamentally changed. Modern types of concrete are available on the market for a multitude of applications - ranging from light and insulating to filigree and high pressure resistant. Concrete fascinates as no other material does since in its fluid state it can be forced into any conceivable mould while becoming highly pressure resistant and massive when hardened. However, the advantage also becomes the material’s main disadvantage: concrete and formwork are closely interdependent. Only with formwork does concrete become a usable building material. Thus elaborate concrete parts require elaborate formwork. The book 'imagine 08. Concretable' illustrates what concrete is already capable of as well as what else is possible. Furthermore, it also shows future developments in the material - where concrete’s technological, constructive and - always a driving factor - aesthetic and design-related potential lie.

Construction en béton --- Architecture --- Histoire --- 691.3 --- 691 --- Beton --- Betonconstructies --- Bouwmaterialen (architectuur) --- Bouwmaterialen ; beton --- Experimenteel beton --- Bouwmaterialen ; kunststeen, beton --- Histoire. --- Construction en béton

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Concrete is the most used man-made material in the world and is the fundamental physical medium for most of the world's architecture and construction. The character of concrete is largely the product of the rigid moulds that have shaped it since its invention in antiquity. The advent of flexible moulds, however, marks a radical break from conventional practice - and conventional concrete architecture. The Fabric Formwork Book provides the first comprehensive handbook on the emerging technology of flexible moulds for reinforced concrete architecture. Written by the foremost expert in the field, this book takes a comprehensive and generous approach that includes technical, historical and theoretical aspects of the subject. The book : concentrates on simple flat-sheet formworks ; contains detailed technical descriptions of how to construct a wide range of formworks for various applications ; features case studies from around the world ; critiques the difficulties and advantages in each case it covers ; provides instruction and guidance on how to model and design fabric-formed structures ; includes the most comprehensive history of fabric formwork yet published ; features essays from guest expert authors, which explore the theoretical, historical, and poetic significance of flexibly formed architecture and structures ; discusses fabric formwork as an exemplary approach to sustainable construction through its simplicity and efficiency. Beautifully designed and illustrated with a superb range of images, diagrams and technical drawings, the book both informs and inspires. Speaking directly and plainly to professionals, students and academics, the language used is both clear and precise, and care is taken to avoid opaque technical or academic jargon. Technical terms, when used, are clearly described and a special glossary is included to make the book as widely accessible as possible.

Concrete construction --- Construction en béton --- Formwork --- Coffrage --- 691.3 --- Bouwmaterialen ; beton --- Beton ; constructies ; handboeken --- Bouwmaterialen ; bekisting ; schotwerk ; mallen --- Forms (Concrete construction) --- Carpentry --- Bouwmaterialen ; kunststeen, beton --- Coffrage (construction en béton) --- Béton --- Structure en béton --- Béton léger --- 691 --- Bouwmaterialen (architectuur) --- Beton --- Betonconstructies --- Gewapend beton --- Coffrage (construction en béton)

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With its virtually infinite plasticity, its constructional versatility, and its simple and straightforward building technology, concrete is the building material of the present. In addition to careful design and constructional planning, the invitation of bids and the building contract are the keys to a successful implementation. Building with Concrete provides the basic information needed to work with the material, with special attention to the architect's role in planning and construction management. It describes current trends in concrete technology and the development of innovative new types of concrete, with firsthand reports by architects in the field. It also describes the new version of the DBV/BDZ data sheet "Exposed Concrete."

691 --- 691.3 --- Bouwmaterialen ; beton --- Betonbouw --- 624.012.4 --- 691.32 --- 691.32 Concrete. Concrete buiding elements --- Concrete. Concrete buiding elements --- 624.012.4 Structures in concrete, in-situ concrete (ordinary concrete), mass concrete --- Structures in concrete, in-situ concrete (ordinary concrete), mass concrete --- Bouwmaterialen (architectuur) --- Betonconstructies --- Beton --- Bouwmaterialen ; kunststeen, beton --- Concrete construction --- Concrete --- Construction en béton --- Béton --- Concrete. --- Concrete construction. --- Béton --- Construction en béton --- Architectuur. --- Beton. --- Bouwkunst. --- Handbooks, manuals, etc. --- Building, Concrete --- Concrete building --- Construction, Concrete --- Building --- Building materials --- Construction en béton. --- Béton.

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Technology --- Architecture --- Cement --- Details --- 72 --- 72.036 --- 72.037 --- 691 --- 72.04 --- 20ste eeuw (architectuur) --- Twintigste eeuw (architectuur) --- Eenentwintigste eeuw (architectuur) --- 21ste eeuw (architectuur) --- Bouwmaterialen (architectuur) --- Architectuurdetails --- Details (architectuur) --- Periodicals --- Cement. --- Concrete construction --- Architecture. --- Concrete construction. --- Betonbau. --- Faserbeton. --- 72.039 --- 691.3 --- Architectuur ; details --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 2000 - 2050 --- Bouwmaterialen ; kunststeen, beton --- Engineering --- Construction en béton