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Building materials. Building technology --- artificial stone --- kunststeen

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Building materials. Building technology --- tile [material] --- building materials --- buizen --- tegels --- sanitair --- kunststeen --- dakpannen --- bouwmaterialen

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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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This book provides a comprehensive account of how the modern expertise in building with concrete arose in Germany, during the first three quarters of the 19th century. Based on careful analyses of ancient documents and literature, it reconstructs an engaging history of master builders, engineers, architects, theoreticians, chemists and inventors, which developed against the backdrop of the general modernisation process of Germany. The account follows three parallel paths: firstly, the evolution of the cement-based conglomerates, from the early uses of pebbles and mortar mixtures in foundations to the arduous concrete hydraulic foundations; secondly, the evolution of the theory and practice of cement production; and finally takes into account experiments and attempts at producing moulded artificial stones and other objects, made of cement-based compounds. The book represents an original literary contribution as this is the first time the early history of concrete in Germany has been investigated to such a an extent, also taking into account influences coming from neighbouring countries.

Concrete --- Concrete construction --- History --- 691.3 --- Betonbouw ; geschiedenis --- Bouwmaterialen ; beton --- Building, Concrete --- Concrete building --- Construction, Concrete --- Building --- Beton --- Building materials --- Bouwmaterialen ; kunststeen, beton

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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