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15 Clever Concrete Buildings
Modern Industrial Architecture, from Concrete Churches to Abodes:
Marissa Brassfield — Feb 7, 2010 — Art & Design
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Cemented Fortresses
The Big Bad Wolf Won't Blow Down the Concrete House by Bak Architects
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DIY Super Structures
The Concrete Canvas Shelter Can Withstand Any Camping Trip
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Houses of the Future
Concrete House With Grass Roof
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Doily Architecture
'Out of the Box' Cadence Residence Adds Elegance to Concrete Box Building
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Accordian Architecture
The Condesa DF Hotel Has a Courtyard of Folding Facades
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Concrete Cube Shops
Contemporary Furniture Store Volume B in Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Sculptural Slit Homes
Eastern Design Office Creates Simple and Sleek Concrete Home
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Quilted Concrete Exteriors
The Unique 3.1 Phillip Lim Flagship Store in Korea
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Dome Bunker Refurbs
The 'Concrete Mushrooms' Project Creates New Eco-Hostels
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Super Strong Plastic Concrete
Henry Miller Builds a Brighter Future With Landfill Waste
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Curvy Concrete Boutiques
The Fashion Studio in Belgrade for Tamara Radivojevic
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Lace-Patterned Concrete
The 'Nottingham Contemporary' is a Modernized Warehouse for Art
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Industrial Concrete Homes
Robert Mills Architects Make Concrete Key in Australia
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Contemporary Concrete Churches
The Sta Columbina Chapel Offers Modern Simplicity
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Cut-Out Leafitecture
Villa Saitan by Eastern Design Offce
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Architectural Luxury Handbags
The Louis Vuitton x Frank Gehry Collection is an Exploration of Form
Nest-Inspired Urban Houses
This Vietnamese Dwelling Offers Respite From the Concrete Jungle
Plant-Filled Latticed Buildings
Wallflower Architecture + Design Creates the Touching Eden House
Origami-Inspired Sleek Cabins
A.L.P.S. Designs the Infinity Mobile Architecture System
Self-Shaping Timber Structures
ICD and ITKE Design the Hybrid Flax Pavilion and Wangen Tower
Precast Concrete Toronto Skyscrapers
Pei Architects Forms a Building for Tower Hill Development
Cactus-Inspired Urban Skyscrapers
This Danish Skyscraper Features a Spiky Facade Design
Eco-Friendly Offices
Office@27 by Sanjay Puri Architects is Enhanced by Ancient Indian Principles
Extreme Space-Saving Architecture
A 74-Square-Foot Apartment is Redefining Urban Living
Futuristic Auto Micro Factories
Most Architecture Unveils a Modern Factory for Charge Cars
Discreet Architectural Polish Homes
Mobius Architekci Designs the Loop House in Rural Poland
Modern Office Space Designs
Studio Alexander Fehre Creates a Chic Interior for VdK Cooperative
Flexible Pre-Fabricated Homes
Rabih Hage Introduces His Latest Design — Muudo
Beautifully Sculptural Concrete Museums
Qatar Museums Unveils Official Images of the Lusail Museum
Everyday Material Colorful Pavilions
Foster + Partners and NEON Create Two Pavilions in London
Atlanta Heritage Contemporary Hotels
The New FORTH Hotel Takes Pride in its Atlanta Roots
Vibrant Multi-Level Office Designs
Gensler Reimagines the Accenture Office Space in Chicago
Microalgae Building Materials
SOM's Bio-Blocks Technology Uses Microalgae Instead of Concrete
Philosophical Residential Skyscrapers
Mercedes-Benz Places is Now Under Construction in Miami
Curved Translucent Experimental Apartments
NEUHÄUSL HUNAL Designs the Sculptor's Apartment
Silver Curtain Concrete Homes
Local Studio Bangkok Tokyo Architecture Designs the House K
Concrete Meditation Spaces
Tadao Ando Builds a Meditation Space for a Museum in South Korea
Interior Courtyard Mexican Homes
RA! Creates the Casa LL with Panels and Concrete in Mexico
Energy-Efficient Office Buildings
This Czech Office Complex is Outfitted With Eco-Friendly Designs
Spanish Concrete Replica Residences
Architecture Office Claudia Raurell Designs the Villain House
High Concrete Walled Homes
Cesar Mancillas Creates a Linear Home with Tranquil Elements
Paper-Inspired Artful Museums
Bjarke Ingels Group Designed the Museum for Papirkunst
Gallery-Like Elevated Retail Designs
Format Architecture Office Designs the Leica Store & Gallery
Large Headquarter-Transformed Housing
Studio Egret West Designs Hayes Park Central and South
Swooped Museum Roof Planes
BIG Designs the Waterfront Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art
Modern Office Environments
The MOL Campus Project Was Designed by Architecture Firm Kinzo
Concrete Spiral Staircase Designs
Researchers at ETH Zurich Designs the Cadenza Staircase
Eco-Conscious Slim Skyscrapers
Muraba and RCR Arquitectes Join to Design the Muraba Veil
Colorful Rooftop Unified Buildings
Urbanus' Nantou Hybrid Building is Comprised of Five Buildings
Wavy Metal Facades
SO-IL's 9 Chapel Residential Tower Offers a Istinctive Architectural Vision
Bamboo-Inspired Cultural Buildings
This Cultural Center Seamlessly Blends Into its Surroundings
Vaulted Glass Structure Additions
A Vaulted Roof is Added to the Domino Sugar Refinery
Lotus Plant-Inspired Skyscrapers
Aedas Designs the Pair of One Future Buildings Lined with Bronze
Red Concrete-Defined Home Renovations
Atelier Delalande Tabourin Renovates a Home in France
Glazed Belgian Home Renovations
Ae-Architecten Renovates the SL House in Ghent, Belgium
Wooden Surrounded Concrete Homes
Omer Arbel Presents Designs for a Range of Washington State Homes
Economical Modular Wooden Homes
The Cake House Reinvents Housing in the Czech Republic
Greenery-Packed Museum Buildings
This Science Museum is Designed Around a Central Park
Slopped-Base Green Tiled Homes
Bak Gordon Arquitectos Integrates a Home with Surrounding Buildings
Modern Minimal Concrete Homes
Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados Designs the Copas Home
Shed-Like Storage Facilities
Lahznimmo Architects Designs the Powerhouse Castle Hill
Nature Blending Modern Homes
MODU Designed the Mini Tower One Residence in Brooklyn
Indian Design Principal-Based Homes
Matra Designs the New Prism House with Four Concrete Volumes
Robust Monolithic Walled Homes
H Arquitectes Completes the Casa 1736 in Barcelona
White Concrete Boxy Museums
Thomas Phifer Designs the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
Geometric Prefabricated Pavilions
Heams & Michel Architectes Presents the 7 Kiosks Project
Pixelated Illusion Housing
Ben Van Berkel Creates the Van B Housing with Rieder's Help
Simplistic Timber Warehouses
Aretz Dürr Architektur Designs the Structures of Halle S 46
Concrete Boxes-Overlapping Homes
FujiwaraMuro Architects Designs the House in Tsurumi-ku
Modern Concrete Hayfield Homes
Omer Arbel Designs the 75.9 House in the Canadian Pacific Northwest
Hempcrete-Crafted Sustainable Workspaces
Commonbond Architects Designs the Gardenhide Studio
Wooden Louvres Family Homes
3dor Concepts Designs the Slab Home in Kerela, India
Crystalline Chinese Museum Buildings
The 'Space Crystal' Building Looks Like An Otherworldly Rock
Welcoming Prefabricated Student Housing
Ignacio Prego Architectures Designs New Student Housing
Local Craft-Shown Bamboo Pavilions
AtArchitecture Designs the Northeast Pavilion for an Art Fair
Light Reflective Modern Villas
PPAA Completes the Concrete Villa with a 'Water Mirror'
Brutalist Concrete Tower Apartments
Archmongers Renovates the Trellick Tower in London
Cement Block-Decorated Homes
Bloom Architecture Designs the Small Houses Collection
Self-Cooling Exterior Buildings
Modu Creates the Promenade Building to Control Air Temperature
Refreshing Micro-Living Compact Homes
Mariano Ravenna Designs the SF-FR House with Concrete
Exposed Concrete Stealthy Homes
OFIS Aritekti Designs the Villa Eternal Way in Slovenia
Steel-Cladded Social Housing
Christ & Gantenbein Creates a Block of Social Housing in Paris
Live-In Art Gallery Homes
Casa Galeria is a Home That Doubles as an Art Gallery
Raw Concrete Industrial Homes
Studio Cochi Architects Designs the House in Nishizaki
Graphic-Accented Brutalist Apartments
Jean Verville Designs a Creative Laboratory in Quebec City
Woodland-Inspired Timber Office Spaces
Atelier du Pont Completes the Pavilion Jardins Building
Pier-Side Dynamic Office Spaces
The New BIG HQ is a New Office on the Industrial Harbour
Compact Calming Homes
Batay-Csorba Architects Masterfully Designed a Modern Brick Home in Toronto
Modern Concrete Community Residences
AOA Architects Designs the Hoji Gangneung Dwellings
Sculptural Juxtaposing Suburban Homes
SILO Creates the Steel Louise House in Charlotte
Angled Concrete Forest Homes
Nendo Designs the Block Wall House in a Japanese Forest
Clover-Style Conference Center Designs
MAD Designs the ZGC International Innovation Center
Staggered Tower Texan Skyscrapers
BIG Introduces the 1550 on the Green Building in Texas
Exposed Concrete Framed Academies
EFFEKT and CF Møller Architects Creates the SIMAC in Svendborg
Perforated Pink Concrete Mosques
Studio Morphogenesis Designs the Zebun Nessa Mosque
Cast-Concrete Cooling Homes
The FR House by CAZA Optimizes Natural Cooling Structures
Structural Concrete Arts Center
DUO Finishes the Nanchang OCT Contemporary Arts Centre
Cutout Roof Cement-Clad Homes
Edition Office Designs a Home with a Focus on Tree Views
Orange Tonal Concrete Homes
Álvaro Siza Designs the Colien House on a Sloped Site in Spain
Concrete Cultural Visitor Centers
UAD Completes the Villagers' Home Center in Zhejiang Province
Industrial-Inspired Housing Units
Conen Sigl Designs the Westhof Housing Block in Zurich
Welded Steel Cantilevered Footbridges
Ehl & KKoumar Architekti Designs a Sculptural Footbridge
Twisted Concrete Tower Structures
Harmonic + Masson Adds a Twisted Shape to the Alta Tower
Log Cabin-Inspired Modern Homes
Balbek Bureau Renovates a Home in Ukraine with Steel and Concrete
Red Concrete Exhibition Centers
Mix Architecture Designs the Red Box Exhibition Center
Waved Metal-Wrapped Buildings
SO-IL Designs the 9 Chapel Residences Located in Brooklyn
Arched Concrete Community Centers
Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica Designs a New Center
Bright Red Timber Buildings
Office ParkScheerbarth Designs the Compact Haus 2+ in Berlin
Modern Deco Office Designs
Reflect Architecture Designs the NewGen Office with Contemporary Detail
Brutalist Converted Learning Centers
Archipelago Transforms a Post Office to a Learning Space
Green-Timber Glad Office Spaces
Oslotre Designs the Lumber 4 on an Industrial Foundation
Lighthouse-Functioning Concrete Structures
Lin Architecture Creates the Concrete Pavilion in China
Office Building Rainbow Facades
SAKO Architects Designs the Vertical Rainbow Office Building
Glass-Clad Stacked Skyscrapers
The Team at Alloy Unveil Images of 505 State Street Building
Angular Concrete Monastery Extensions
Alvaro Siza Adds to the Monastery of Leça do Balio
Large Concrete Educational Buildings
Stanton Williams Introduces the UCL East Marshgate Building
Latticed-Steel Transport Hub Columns
Tremend Designs the Metropolitan Station in Lublin
Contemporary Art Puzzle Sets
LEGO's Modern Art Building Set is a Great Buildable Decor
Reinforced Concrete Housing Sets
Atelier Rampazzi Designs the Residenza Carèsg Row of Homes
Refurnished Concrete Shingle Homes
The DHaus Company Completes the Gingerbread House
Building-Cooling Construction Materials
Nuvoco Vistas Launches an Eco-Friendly Product Material
Clear Glazing Compact Residences
IGArchitects Designs the Check Patterned House in Japan
Interconnected Brick-Clad Buildings
David Chipperfield Architects Blends Three Housing Typologies
Brutalist Minimal Apartment Designs
Zalc Arquitetura Reimagines the JF Apartment in Brazil
Urban Natural Expansive Buildings
Atelier Delalande Tabourin Designs Office National des Forêts
City Exploration Apps
Concrete is a Social Exploration App Inviting Users to Discover Their City
Dynamic Military Archive Buildings
Jahn Completes the Pritzker Military Archives Center Design
Multifunctional Cross-Disciplinary Buildings
The BLOX Building in Represents Joint Thinking
Village-Luke Charming Hotels
Concrfete Amsterdam Designs the BoTree Hotel in London
Wooden Louvre Secluded Residences
Keiji Ashizawa Creates the Private House in Aoyama
Open-Air Perforated Concrete Homes
MM++ Architects Designs the Anchor House in Vietnam
Paper-Like Art Museum Roofs
BIG Expands the Museum for Paper Art in Denmark with a Folded Roof
Trapezoidal Coastal Beach Houses
Emergentes Architectures Sàrl Designed the Dreal House in Chile
Industrial Warehouse-Inspired Offices
Carr Designs a New Office Block with Industrial Themes
Textured Concrete Tiered Homes
Nomo Studio Designs the Shift House Holiday Residence
Textural Red Concrete Clinics
Steiner Architecture Designs the Clinic in Anif
Mass-Timber Expansive Buildings
Anttinen Oiva Architects Designs the Katajanokan Laituri
Concrete Block-Formed Residences
nendo Designed the block-wall house Located in Karuizawa
Expansive Roofs Concrete Homes
Studio MOB Creates a House in the Farm in Coimbatore
Dual Level Concrete Galleries
Morphosis Designs the Crow Museum of Asian Art in Dallas
Steel Structural Dynamic Workspaces
Skylab Architecture Builds a New Skylab Office in Oregon
Square Structural Canadian Homes
PARTISANS Designs the Canvas House in Toronto, Canada
Metal Mesh Residential Buildings
Ædifica Designs the Cité Angus II Structure Outside Montreal
Warped Stacked Residence Buildings
Contaminar Designs the Dynamic Quinta do Rei in Leiria
Converted Textile Factory Studios
Productora Transforms an Industrial Building to an Art Studio
Whimsical Sculptural Furniture Series
Micah Rosenblatt Presents the City Block Series in Art Show
Handcrafted Red-Concrete Homes
Grafted Designs the Victorian Cast Corbel House in Norwich
Monolithic Custom Residences
Laboratorio de Arquitectura Designs the Casa Catedral Project
Dynamic Concrete Modern Buildings
Atelier Matias Mosquera Designs the Shire Building
Water Flow-Inspired Art Buildings
MAD Designs the Waterfront Nanhai Arts Center in Guangdong
Repurposed Imperfection-Embraced Buildings
Civic Architects & VDNVP Elevate a Series of Workspaces
Stacked Pebble-Inspired Towers
Atelier 9.81 Designs the Calaid Port Tower Building
Communal Concrete Home Projects
Celoria Architects Finishes the House C Design in Mendrisio
Slim Concrete-Framed Museums
Atelier Projectiles has Created the D-Day Museum in Normandy