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Concrete and Culture - A Material History (Paperback)
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Concrete and Culture - A Material History (Paperback)
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Concrete has been used in arches, vaults, and domes dating as far
back as the Roman Empire. Today, it is everywhere--in our roads,
bridges, sidewalks, walls, and architecture. For each person on the
planet, nearly three tons of concrete are produced every year. Used
almost universally in modern construction, concrete has become a
polarizing material that provokes intense loathing in some and
fervent passion in others. Focusing on concrete's effects on
culture rather than its technical properties, Concrete and Culture
examines the ways concrete has changed our understanding of nature,
of time, and even of material. Adrian Forty concentrates not only
on architects' responses to concrete, but also takes into account
the role concrete has played in politics, literature, cinema,
labor-relations, and arguments about sustainability. Covering
Europe, North and South America, and the Far East, Forty examines
the degree that concrete has been responsible for modernist
uniformity and the debates engendered by it. The first book to
reflect on the global consequences of concrete, Concrete and
Culture offers a new way to look at our environment over the past
century.
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