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100 1 Forty, Adrian,|d1948-
245 10 Concrete and culture :|ba material history /|cAdrian
Forty.
260 London :|bReaktion,|c2012.
300 335 p. :|bill. ;|c23 cm.
366 |b20120615|cNot available (reason unspecified)
520 8 This title provides a highly illustrated analysis of
concrete's effects on culture. The book examines
architects' responses to the material, as well as the role
it has played in politics, literature, cinema, and debates
about sustainability.|bConcrete 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.
650 0 Concrete|xSocial aspects.
650 0 Concrete|xEnvironmental aspects.
650 0 Concrete construction|xHistory.
