Solid states :  concrete in transition / 
 Concrete in transition 
Michael Bell and Craig Buckley, editors. 
 - First edition. 
 - 280 pages :  illustrations (some color) ;  28 cm. +  1 videodisc (DVD : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.) 
 - Columbia books on architecture, engineering, and materials .
 - Columbia books on architecture, engineering, and materials. .
<br/><br/> DVD features highlights from the conference held at Columbia University. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references 
<br/><br/> It has been estimated that more than twelve billion tons of concrete are produced worldwide each year. By far the mostpervasive and affordable building material in the world, concrete has undergone ever-more-widespread dissemination, standardization, and technological innovation in the last twenty-five years. Recent scientific breakthroughs have yielded composites stronger than steel, lighter than water, and as beautiful as natural stone.  In Solid States, an interdisciplinary group of architects, historians, theorists, engineers, fabricators, and materials scientists collectively explore the past, present, and future possibilities of this highly calibrated, fluid material. Solid States presents new theoretical and cultural analyses of concrete architecture, both historically and in the context of newly built work. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1568988958 9781568988955 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009046626 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Concrete construction--Congresses<br/>Architecture, Modern--21st century--Congresses
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NA4125  / .S65 2010