{"product_id":"100-contemporary-concrete-buildings-9783836547673","title":"100 Contemporary Concrete Buildings","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"description_text_headlines\" class=\"margin-bottom\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConcrete heights: The most exciting projects behind the contemporary concrete trend\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"margin-bottom\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"description_text\" class=\"margin-bottom\"\u003eConcrete? 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 \u003cstrong\u003eone of the noble materials of contemporary architecture\u003c\/strong\u003e. A kind of “liquid stone” at the outset, it is malleable, durable, and capable of prodigious feats of engineering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis two-volume book highlights the best work done in concrete of recent years. It includes such stars as \u003cstrong\u003eZaha Hadid, Herzog \u0026amp; de Meuron\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eSteven Holl\u003c\/strong\u003e, but also surprising new architects like the Russians \u003cstrong\u003eSPEECH\u003c\/strong\u003e, and rising stars of the international scene like \u003cstrong\u003eRudy Ricciotti \u003c\/strong\u003efrom France, as well as artists such as \u003cstrong\u003eJames Turrell\u003c\/strong\u003e, 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"margin-bottom\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"margin-bottom\"\u003eText in English, French, and German\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Philip Jodidio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48295501463803,"sku":"9783836547673","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_80b93c19-6f5e-4361-b6a4-1350267c6155.jpg?v=1779995305","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/100-contemporary-concrete-buildings-9783836547673","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}