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David Bennett
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Format: Book
Pages: 80
Publisher: RIBA Publishing
Date Published: Jan 2009
Stock Code: 67634
Binding: Paperback
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The themes and subjects explored in Concrete Elegance Fourinclude: developments in sustainable concrete, concrete offices and energy efficiency, loft inspired ideas concrete for small works and interiors, plasticity and form, landscape architecture, and modern concrete homes. The book also explains how concrete can be designed to reduce embodied CO2 by using replacement cements and incorporating hemp, and discusses how long-term energy demand in buildings can be reduced by utilising thermal mass.
Projects featured in the book include: The Heelis Building in Swindon, The Adnams Warehouse in Suffolk, Brighton Central Library, The Jones House in Antrim, Barcelona Botanic Gardens, The Michaelides Apartment in London, The Kander House in London, and The Playgolf building in Harrow.
The Concrete Elegance series aims to renew an interest in the potential of concrete in all its many forms and expressions, and to inspire the architect and engineer to learn more about the ways in which concrete can be used to achieve elegant and innovative designs.
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