Venice Architecture Biennale 2021: Nature as the Ultimate Architect
Many of this year's participants looked to the natural world for their innovations
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Steven Holl Architects’ Experimental “Crinkle Concrete”
Developed for Washington DC’s John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Steven Holl Architects’ experimental “crinkle concrete” treatment gives walls in the new expansion, known as The Reach, the appearance of crumpled …
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Why 2,000-Year-Old Roman Concrete Still Stands
How is it that 2000 years later, certain Roman ruins still stand in harbors? Geologists have determined that it pertains to one of the components—aluminum tobermorite, a rare mineral found in volcanic …