Martin Peck

A classic building material with a new sensibility, concrete has an excellent reputation today and is valued by planners and builders for its multi-faceted properties. Besides its extensive structural capacities, the diverse features and potential surface finishes of concrete offer enormous potential. Yet this publication does not limit its attention to the design and building of concrete supporting structures, but focuses especially on the material qualities of concrete, and thus, on the haptic and sensual aspects of the material.

The Atlas of Modern Concrete Construction offers the planner basic professional information about concrete as a building material, including its manufacture, its material properties, and the design of concrete supporting structures, including current options for digital design and assembly processes. As the standard reference work in its field, this publication provides extensive professional information about affordability, energy efficiency, sustainability and renovation, from refurbishing to design and interior decoration. An extensive catalogue of works with successful examples from architectural practice provides inspiration and incentives for putting this classical building material into modern use.

Concrete-design and build with the construction material of the future

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."

Concrete's multifaceted nature has made it very popular today with planners and builders. Besides the enormous potential inherent in its load-bearing capacity, the material offers a diversity of properties and surface characteristics. This publication focuses not just on the design and construction of concrete load-bearing structures, but also especially on concrete’s material characteristics and thus on the haptic and sensual side of this material.
The Modern Concrete Construction Manual provides planners with expert information on concrete as a construction material, ranging from manufacturing to material characteristics, to the design of concrete load-bearing structures, including details on current digital design and production process options. Designed as a standard reference work, the publication offers comprehensive and detailed insights into a range of topics, including cost-effectiveness, energy and sustainability, renovation, design and interior design. An extensive index of successful projects, with a selection of real-life examples, provides inspiration, while inviting readers to make modern use of this classic construction material.