Monastic Field: A Concrete House That Turns Inward Beside a Busy Temple
Roomoor’s Monastic Field uses a low concrete cluster, a pyramidal skylit hall and controlled openings to protect family life beside a busy Jain temple.
Concrete
Concrete as an architectural and structural material, including its fabrication and performance.
Casa em São Paulo Balances Concrete Volumes and Open Spaces
Spatial Scenography and the Deconstruction of the Movement PathThe project’s scenographic exploration begins from the very first moment of crossing…
Raw & Warm: Concrete, Wood, and Art in a Home
Materiality and the Spatial Narrative of the MassThe project is grounded in a redefinition of the residential space as an…
Nest Chapel Reorganizes Private Landscape Through Sinuous Concrete Forms
Felipe Caboclo Arquitectura completed a 10-square-metre religious space on a residential property in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2024. The project,…
Weathering Steel and Pigmented Concrete Shape a New Wing for Arizona’s Cocopah Museum
A new 1,200-square-foot gallery extension to the Cocopah Museum near Yuma, Arizona, designed pro bono by EYRC Architects, uses weathering steel, pigmented cast concrete, and woven willow ceilings to honor Indigenous Cocopah traditions. Shaped through community consultation at every stage, the project demonstrates how culturally grounded architecture can serve heritage preservation within tight budget and climate constraints.
Digitally Fabricated Concrete Truss Connects Historic Buildings in Italian Cultural Center
CRA–Carlo Ratti Associati has won the competition to design the Buzzi Heritage Cultural Center in Casale Monferrato, Italy. The project…
Capuchinas House: A Unified Concrete Housing Model
Residential Context and Programmatic RequirementsThe house is located within a residential area characterized by a coherent and steadily evolving urban…
Concrete Utopia: Pipes Between Architecture and Sculpture
Between Reality and PerceptionAt first glance at the images of the Concrete Utopia project, it is easy to mistake it…
OMA’s Casa da Musica: A Concrete Icon That Reshaped Porto
Completed in 2005, the Casa da Musica in Porto, Portugal, stands as a pivotal moment in modern architectural design. Designed by…
Bio Based Concrete Absorbs CO₂, Cures in Hours at WPI
WORCESTER, USA – Bio based concrete alternatives that absorb CO₂ during curing have emerged from research at Worcester Polytechnic Institute…
Nest Chapel: A Hyperbolic Concrete Sanctuary in the São Paulo Countryside
In the rural landscape of Itu, São Paulo, religious typology often leans towards the traditional or the monumental. However, Nest…
Rancho del Bosque: Segmented Concrete Pavilions in Valle de Bravo Challenge Nature’s Dominance
Segmented Concrete Pavilions define the new concept an architectural firm adopted for this vacation home. Rancho del Bosque sits in…
A House in Nicosia Transformed into an Introverted Concrete Sculpture: The Philosophy of the Box within a Box
On the outskirts of Nicosia in Cyprus, stands a unique residential building. It sits on the edge of a sparse…
Webuild Hits 1 Million Cubic Meter Concrete Milestone at NEOM’s Trojena Dam
The massive infrastructure project in the Saudi mountains reaches a key volume target, concealing a subterranean hospitality complex beneath its…
The Hidden Architecture of Holes: Rethinking Core Drilling in Concrete Structures
There is a moment in every project when the drawing meets the drill. The structure has been cast, the reinforcement…
Doro Barro Holiday Home: Rethinking the Relationship Between Concrete and Historical Nature
Site and Natural ContextThe project is located on a property in the Doro Barro – Resende area, a region renowned…
Hybrid Timber Concrete Hall in Austria An Architectural Dialogue Between Material and Nature
The Hybrid Hall in Austria represents a groundbreaking architectural experiment that redefines the industrial building by merging timber and concrete…
Concrete, Steel, Wood, and Glass: The Symphony of Materials That Shaped Our Modern World
Our contemporary world is unimaginable without the four fundamental materials: concrete, steel, wood, and glass. These four elements have not…
Smart Concrete Turns Buildings into Batteries for Energy Storage and Lighting
Lead ParagraphA new type of concrete has been developed that can store electrical energy within buildings, bridges, and sidewalks, transforming…
Coffee Waste Strengthens Concrete by 30%
LeadA new method has been developed to incorporate coffee waste into concrete, increasing its strength and durability by up to…
A Curved Concrete Opera Hall Rises from Hanoi’s West Lake
On the edge of West Lake in Hanoi, a new landmark is emerging an opera and convention hall with flowing…
