Concrete polishing contractor Total Polish Solutions shares its best practices for this high-design, concrete floor finish that is often likened to terrazzo. Total Polish Solutions has been involved ...

"Exposed to public view," "exposed to view," "prominently exposed to public view" and "permanently exposed to view" are common phrases used in specifications for structural concrete. Typically, ...

Architectural concrete as we know it today was invented in the 19th century. It reached new heights in the U.S. after World War II when mid-century modernism was in vogue, following in the footsteps ...

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a house in Barcelona with "robust and monolithic" walls formed of tactile poured concrete completed by Spanish studio H Arquitectes. H ...

Peter Zumthor, in one of his most emblematic works, gives concrete an almost sacred dimension. The work in question is the small Bruder Klaus Field Chapel, located in a small village in Germany, a ...

In order to use as much of the available building room as possible, Savioz Fabrizzi Architectes focused on the exact dimensions of the empty spaces. This succeeds by means of a surrounding wall that ...

The extension of Württemberg State Library in Stuttgart, designed by Lederer Ragnarsdóttir Oei, primarily stands out on ­account of its White Portland ­exposed-concrete facade, ­created with a ...