Collection by Erika Heet
Ingenious Concrete Buildings
These beauties are a great reminder why architects love the hard stuff. Employed in everything from towering skyscrapers to underground lairs, concrete is the material of choice for eccentric modernists—click through for a few highlights.
Though their unit was gutted, Peart and Weisgerber were highly attentive to the remaining details of Safdie’s design.
The innovative skyscraper, which is 82 stories tall, features an undulating shape designed to capture views of Chicago landmarks.
The Broad, the new concrete, steel, and glass art museum under construction in downtown Los Angeles, is nestled between the Walt Disney Concert Hall and MOCA. Slated to open on September 20, the museum will allow the public access to the unfinished museum with two temporary art installations in the expansive top floor gallery on Sunday, Feb. 15.
The perforated concrete panels on the façade of Casa Delpin.
After months spent researching solutions to make her home’s fabric roof functional, Lisa Sette can finally relax.
After purchasing a thin, L-shaped lot in Tokyo, Tamotsu Nakada asked architect and friend Koji Tsutsui to create an open-plan concrete home to fit the site. Photo by Iwan Baan.