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Editorial
Concrete fashions
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First place ex aequo
Winning projects of the Concrete Student Trophy 2008
Praemium Imperiale
Peter Zumthor receives the "Emperor's Crown" of architects
projekt 444
Concrete Porsche miniatures by Gottfried Bechthold
Cadavre Exquis
Students create concrete sculpture
creative concrete heads: Alessio Rimoldi
opus C quiz
opus C title pages 2008
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Surfers Paradise
Fashion outlet centre with an ornamental concrete façade in Metzingen
A "walk-through vine"
The wine cellar Antión Bodega in La Rioja, Spain
A simple spear
Private museum Liaunig in Neustadt / Kärnten
Range of colours
Façade made from high-quality architectural concrete
SkylineUster
Traditional and innovative façades for a new city neighbourhood
Swiss building crystal
Company head office made of insulating concrete in Birrhard
Support for "Süddeutscher Verlag"
New development of the administrative building in Munich
Architectural landmarks
Functional and aesthetic floor design in Berlin
Concrete à la mode
Fair-faced concrete through the course of time
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Winding elegantly
Formwork technology for the Al Hamra Tower in Kuwait City
Fast connection
Railway high speed route between Berlin and Munich
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Fine façades in fibre reinforced concrete
New creative possibilities with light concrete elements
Tight sealing is compulsory!
Formwork for free-flowing concretes
History and development of concrete
From a low-tech to a high-tech material – part 4: Textile reinforced concrete
Glass granules
New possibilities for designing concrete surfaces
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Parish paving
Coloured paving for the St. Peters's church in Wenzenbach
Furniture for eternity
Jennifer Paul creates designer objects in ultra-high performance concrete
The somewhat different steel-reinforced concrete
Small works of jewellery art made from steel and concrete
A Masked Ball
Lightweight concrete on stage
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