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Editorial
form follows formwork
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Sculptural architecture
The Kivik Arts Center's Pavilion 2008
Exhibition: In the desert of modernity
Bavarian skywalk
Giant telescope at the edge of the abyss
creative concrete heads: Martin Clarke
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Shimmering scales
Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion with a skin of glass fibre reinforced concrete
Concrete Lego house
Institute of Physics at the University of Chemnitz
terra mineralia
Conversion of Castle Freudenstein in Freiberg
Sun tower
Viewing tower at the Nebra Ark Visitor and Information Centre
Boiling light
Art exhibition hall with a structured façade in Uetikon
At the centre of the vortex
Reflection room at the Boldern Evangelic Conference Cenre
Madonna Tempi
Photoconcrete at the Marienkrankenhaus in Hamburg
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In search of 'senseless' buildings
The architecture of marte.marte
"Concrete always fits the bill"
Juergen Glaesle meets .... Stefan and Bernhard Marte
Walking the Woodtop Way
Treetop path on spun concrete pillars in the Bavarian Forest
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Falun red
A bridge between the centuries – Årsta Bridge in Stockholm
Power pack
High loads in power plant construction in Poland
Adriatic tank
First reinforced concrete offshore LNG installation
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History and development of concrete
From a low-tech to a high-tech material – part 4:
UHPC– Ultra High Performance Concrete
Inside Out – Outside In
Architectural concrete facades –
on the interface between house and man
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Footprints to Betonpolis
Student photographic perspectives of concrete
Dragon concrete
Chinese cultural sculptures on Bejing International Airport
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