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Editorial
A question of form
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Concrete Design Competition 2009
Le Corbusier exhibition in Berlin
Concrete reef in the Baltic Sea
creative concrete heads: Elisabeth Hierlein
German Future Living Architecture Award 2009
opus C quiz
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Punk in an Alpine village
A holiday house in Unterengadin
A touch of heavenly dynamics
Galileo Control Centre in Oberpfaffenhofen
New building with a symbolic effect
Grammar School in Regensburg built with monolithic lightweight concrete
Trailblazer with corners and edges
Black pointed finish concrete façade of the pumping station in Mainz
Patent pyramids
European Patent Office in Munich with concrete caststone slabs
Trend textures – Current form liner design
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Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi
Climbing formwork technology for the Capital Gate-Tower
Marina Bay Sand
Formwork technology for concave-shaped hotel towers in Singapore
Making quietness visible
Form liners give noise barriers form and structure
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History and development of concrete
Part 6: Dense lightweight concrete 
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Inside and out
Large-format slabs in and around research building
Unity in diversity – Oliver Kruse exhibition in Cologne
Light in the darkness – Velvety concrete lamps
Between sculpture and cartoon – Nick Röllin exhibition
Rosetta – Concrete wall socket

Contacts – Qualified companies
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