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The fabric formwork book : methods for building new architectural and structural forms in concrete
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ISBN: 9780415748865 9780415748858 0415748852 0415748860 9781317380931 1317380932 9781317380924 1317380924 9781315675022 1315675021 9781317380917 1317380916 Year: 2017 Publisher: Abingdon Routledge

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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. This handbook takes a comprehensive and generous approach that includes technical, historical and theoretical aspects of the subject.


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Concrete and culture : a material history
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ISBN: 9781861898975 1861898975 Year: 2012 Publisher: London : Reaktion books,

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"Breaks new ground by charting concrete's effects on culture since its reinvention in the modern period, examining the ways it has changed our understanding of nature, of time and of materiality. This book discusses architects' responses to and uses of concrete while also taking into account the role it has played in politics, literature, cinema and labour relations, as well as in present-day arguments about sustainability." -- Book jacket.


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Le béton : histoire d'un matériau
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ISBN: 2863640917 9782863640913 Year: 2005 Publisher: Marseille Editions Parenthèses

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Le béton armé fut-il découvert ou inventé ? Que savait-on de cette technique avant qu'elle ne prenne le nom de matériau ? Et avant même d'être "armée", que représentait pour les constructeurs ou les architectes cette espèce de boue épaisse, informe, seulement bonne à solidifier la masse des murailles ou des fondations ? Le béton aujourd'hui concentre sur lui beaucoup de haine (pour l'homme de la rue), mais aussi beaucoup d'amour (chez les architectes). Ce divorce affectif ne doit pas masquer le processus complexe et profondément enraciné dans l'histoire qui a conduit à son fantastique développement, jusqu'à en faire le matériau le plus utilisé dans le monde pour la construction depuis cinquante ans. Cet ouvrage a pour objet d'explorer les origines, entreprendre la genèse d'une technique aujourd'hui parfaitement banalisée, mais qui aura mis presque deux siècles à se constituer.


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Concrete.
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ISBN: 9780714863542 0714863548 Year: 2012 Publisher: London Phaidon

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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.

Concrete : design, construction, examples.
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ISBN: 9783764376314 3764376317 Year: 2006 Publisher: München Basel Birkhäuser Birkhäuser

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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."


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Félix Candela : engineer, builder, structural artist
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ISBN: 9780300122091 0300122098 Year: 2008 Publisher: New Haven Yale university press

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Architecture --- Roofs, Shell --- Concrete construction --- Toits en voiles minces --- Construction en béton --- History --- Exhibitions --- Histoire --- Expositions --- Candela, Félix, --- Themes, motives --- Criticism and interpretation --- 72.07 --- 69.06 --- 69.07 --- 624.91 --- 691.3 --- Architectuur ; 20ste eeuw ; Félix Candela --- Candela, Felix 1910-1997 (°Madrid, Spanje) --- Architectuur ; Mexico ; 20ste eeuw --- Membrane architectuur ; tentstructuren --- Ruimtelijke constructies ; overspanningen ; kapconstructies --- Pneumatische constructies --- Hyperbolische paraboloïde --- Bouwmaterialen ; beton --- Betonbouw --- Architecten. Stedenbouwkundigen A - Z --- Bouwwezen ; draagconstructies, pneumatische constructies, overspanningen --- Bouwwezen ; draagconstructies, pneumatische constructies, overspanningen ; ingenieurs --- Ingenieurswetenschappen ; kapconstructies, grote overspanningen --- Bouwmaterialen ; kunststeen, beton --- Construction en béton --- Candela, Félix, --- Barrel-shell roofs --- Butterfly-shell roofs --- Cylindrical shell roofs --- Shell roofs --- Arches --- Domes --- Shells (Engineering) --- Building, Concrete --- Concrete building --- Construction, Concrete --- Building --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Design and construction --- Candela Outeriño, Félix, --- Outeriño, Félix Candela, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Exhibitions. --- Architecture, Primitive --- Architecture - Mexico - History - 20th century - Exhibitions --- Roofs, Shell - Exhibitions --- Concrete construction - Exhibitions --- Candela, Félix, - 1910-1997


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Architectures du béton : nouvelles vagues, nouvelles recherches
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ISBN: 228119311X 9782281193114 Year: 2006 Publisher: Paris Moniteur

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Avec une production de six milliards de mètres cubes de béton par an, soit, au moins un mètre cube par personne, le béton est la deuxième substance la plus consommée par l'homme, après l'eau. Depuis longtemps choisi comme matériau pour la construction des aqueducs, des usines ou des parkings, le béton est aujourd'hui considéré par les architectes et les ingénieurs les plus inventifs comme un matériau indispensable, non seulement à cause de sa souplesse d'usage et de sa résistance mais également pour sa capacité expressive sans limite. Substance hybride composée de ciment, d'eau, de sable et d'agrégats minéraux, le béton n'a pas de forme propre : il endosse celle que lui imposent le coffrage et l'imagination de l'architecte. Grâce au développement d'étonnantes propriétés physiques et structurelles et de nouvelles techniques de construction liées au béton, ses caractéristiques n'ont cessé de le rendre plus attractif. Les recherches techniques ont donné naissance à de nouveaux composés défiant toutes les idées jusqu'alors associées au béton : hier dense, mat et monolithique, il est désormais flexible, léger, flottant, autoplaçant, résistant malgré son extrême finesse, et peut même devenir translucide. Cet ouvrage rassemble des textes d'architectes, d'ingénieurs et d'universitaires qui décrivent du point de vue technique autant qu'esthétique la nature changeante du béton. Conçus par certains des plus grands architectes d'aujourd'hui parmi lesquels Jean Nouvel, Herzog & de Meuron, Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid, Steven Holl, Norman Foster ou Santiago Calatrava, plus d'une trentaine de bâtiments sont présentés. Accompagnés de descriptions détaillées, de photographies et de dessins techniques, ils illustrent les remarquables possibilités architecturales aujourd'hui à l'oeuvre, et celles que le futur semble promettre.


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Detail in contemporary concrete architecture
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ISBN: 9781780670096 1780670095 1780671520 9781780671529 Year: 2012 Publisher: London Laurence King Publishing

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Detail in Contemporary Concrete Architecture provides analysis of both the technical and the aesthetic importance of details in modern concrete architecture. Featuring the work of renowned architects from around the world, this book presents 49 of the most recently completed and influential concrete designs for both residential and commercial architecture. The projects are presented in clear and concise layouts over four pages. All of the drawings are styled consistently and presented at standard architectural scales to allow for easy comparison. Each project is presented with colour photographs, site plans and sections and elevations, as well as numerous construction details. There is also descriptive text, detailed captions and in-depth information for each project. A bonus CD-ROM contains drawings from the book, in both EPS and DWG (generic CAD) formats.

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