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Produced at a rate of five billion cubic yards per year, concrete is the second most widely consumed substance on earth, after water. It is ubiquitous and easily taken for granted as the stuff of sidewalks and roads, power plants and parking garages. Concrete is also, however, a favored material of cutting-edge architects and engineers, who value not only its versatility and strength but its unlimited potential for imaginative expression. A hybrid substance made from cement, water, sand, and mineral aggregates, concrete or liquid stone has no intrinsic form. In the hands of talented designers, its ultimate appearance is dictated by the framework into which it is poured and the color, texture, or pattern applied to its surface.
In a series of essays by top architects, engineers, and scholars, Liquid Stone explores the nature of concrete, its past and future, from technical, artistic, and historical perspectives. Over thirty buildings by leading international architects including Jean Nouvel, Herzog & de Meuron, Zaha Hadid, Steven Holl, Norman Foster, and Santiago Calatrava are presented through detailed descriptions, photographs, and technical drawings.
The book concludes with "The Future of Concrete," a chapter on newly emerging materials. Here self-consolidated, ultra-high-performance, and translucent concrete are illustrated, introducing the next generation in concrete technology and suggesting new directions for both architecture and engineering.
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Jean-Louis Cohen is an architect and professor of architectural history at the University of Paris and the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
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A lavishly illustrated volume . . . highlighting concrete's aesthetic and structural versatility in an impressive range of applications. -- Concrete Products, Oct. 2006
A serious attempt to grapple with concrete's complicated history, rich present, and revolutionary future. . . . Beyond the dramatic images, excellent essays on concrete's history, development, and acceptance (or lack of it) give Liquid Stone its real heft. -- Architectural Record, August 2007
Illustrative material in the form of superb color photographs, sketches, plans, sections, and diagrams complement an international selection of powerful and dynamic forms. -- Library Journal, Nov. 1, 2006
The editors of Liquid Stone set out to celebrate the possibilities of concrete in this substantial, well-illustrated volume. -- Azure, Feb. 2007
A serious attempt to grapple with concrete's complicated history, rich present, and revolutionary future. . . . Beyond the dramatic images, excellent essays on concrete's history, development, and acceptance (or lack of it) give Liquid Stone its real heft. -- Architectural Record, August 2007
Illustrative material in the form of superb color photographs, sketches, plans, sections, and diagrams complement an international selection of powerful and dynamic forms. -- Library Journal, Nov. 1, 2006
The editors of Liquid Stone set out to celebrate the possibilities of concrete in this substantial, well-illustrated volume. -- Azure, Feb. 2007
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- PublisherPrinceton Architectural Press
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1568985703
- ISBN 13 9781568985701
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- Edition number1
- Number of pages248
- EditorCohen Jean-Louis
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