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Spring 2023 | Issue Number 282
Concrete Quarterly
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Leader: Innovation unleashed

The current appetite for change is unprecedented, with research and development taking place on many scales

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Origin story: Bundesschule Visitor Centre

The Bauhaus’ conflicting identities are reflected in a lean structure of beautifully crafted concrete

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Inspiration: University of Edinburgh

An unloved brutalist refectory building, slated for demolition, is back in rude health as a light-filled wellbeing hub

FROM THE ARCHIVE: "THE TRUMAN BREWERY IN BRICK LANE, EAST LONDON, DATES BACK TO THE GREAT PLAGUE AND WAS ONCE THE LARGEST BEER MAKER IN THE WORLD." SUMMER 1980: SOMETHING BREWING ON BRICK LANE
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Inspiration: Featherstone Building

Derwent has delivered a ‘little sister’ to its pioneering White Collar Factory

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Lasting impression: Luke Tozer

Two early examples of Tadao Ando’s virtuosic control of concrete: a hillside housing complex and windowless box...

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Inspiration: XO Apartments

Precast piers and as-struck exposed interiors bring concrete to the fore of this energy-efficient apartment block

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Application: Reassessing Concrete Wastage Rates

The amount of material wasted on site is an important factor in whole-life carbon calculations

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Inspiration: ICÔNE

Foster + Partners reinvents the collaborative workspace around a huge, plant-filled concrete grid

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Innovation: Recycled Concrete Paste

Heidelberg Materials has developed a process for breaking down old concrete so that it can absorb the carbon emissions

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Final frame: Chapel of Sound, Chengde

OPEN Architecture has created a boulder-like concert venue in the shadow of the Great Wall of China

WELCOME TO THE CONCRETE QUARTERLY ARCHIVE.... A WEALTH OF ISSUES, GOING BACK TO 1947BROWSE THE CQ ARCHIVE LIBRARY

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