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Concrete Ideas: Material to shape a city/ (Record no. 6277)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780500342817
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Concrete Ideas: Material to shape a city/
Statement of responsibility, etc. Pina Petricone
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Thames & Hudson;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2012
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 246p;
Dimensions 26x18cm
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Concrete Ideas: Material to Shape a City explores the ways in which new technologies are changing concrete and the ways in which it is used. Presented in an elegantly boxed package, with tipped-in images and varying types of paper, Concrete Ideas is as tactile as the material whose reputation it seeks to restore. Through a series of montages, drawings and photographs, it visually speculates on concrete’s capacity as an urban catalyst, its potential for defining cities and the many ways in which it is being applied in urban renewal. With thoughtful, informed contributions from experts such as Mark West, George Baird, Will Bruder and Charles Waldheim, among others, and specially taken photographs of concrete buildings around the world (although Toronto features heavily as an exemplar of a successful ‘concrete city’), this book is key reading for all architecture students and practitioners, and offers a seductive argument for the reconsideration and reclamation of this age-old building material, which is – after water – the second most used material in the world. Table of Contents Introduction • 1. Abstraction • 2. Operation • 3. Insertion • 4. Section • 5. Speculation
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Language note English
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Concrete
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Construction drawings
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Topical term or geographic name entry element NA2695-2793 Architectural Drawing and Design
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Geographic name Building materials
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection Home library Current library Date acquired Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
    Library of Congress Classification     Architecture SAF Reference Library SAF Reference Library 11/20/2025   NA2695-2793 158.621 6277 11/20/2025 11/20/2025 Book

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