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Liquid Stone
Jean-Louis Cohen
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Description for Liquid Stone
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Since the large-scale use of concrete prefabricated parts in the 1960s and 1970s, this material has developed new applications in recent years and also become more aesthetically refined. Extremely light and thin varieties of concrete like the newly developed Ductal and virtually transparent concrete cladding allow for the creation of interesting and spectacular designs. Precisely such avant-garde architects as Tod Williams & Billie Tsien, Herzog & de Meuron, Zaha Hadid, and Steven Holl make frequent use of these materials. Eight articles and essays by noted authors such as Antoine Picon, Adrian Forty, Guy Nordenson, Franz Ulm, and others ... Read more
Since the large-scale use of concrete prefabricated parts in the 1960s and 1970s, this material has developed new applications in recent years and also become more aesthetically refined. Extremely light and thin varieties of concrete like the newly developed Ductal and virtually transparent concrete cladding allow for the creation of interesting and spectacular designs. Precisely such avant-garde architects as Tod Williams & Billie Tsien, Herzog & de Meuron, Zaha Hadid, and Steven Holl make frequent use of these materials. Eight articles and essays by noted authors such as Antoine Picon, Adrian Forty, Guy Nordenson, Franz Ulm, and others ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Birkhäuser Architecture
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
, Switzerland
ISBN
9783764374839
SKU
V9783764374839
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Ref
99-1
About Jean-Louis Cohen
Jean-Louis Cohen, architect, architectural historian, NYU; Martin Moeller, curator, National Building Museum, Washington.
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