Table of Contents

1. The Discovery of Exposed Concrete  2. Hollow Stones and Hollow Columns  3. Precast and Poured in Place  4. Archaic Concrete Pattern  5. Forms of Prefabricated Concrete  6. First Unitarian Church and School, or the End of Béton Brut  Index

About the Author

Roberto Gargiani has taught the history of architecture in Florence, Rouen, Paris, Venice and Rome. Currently he is the professor in History of Architecture and Construction at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where he also directs the Architecture section. He is the author of Rem Koolhaas/OMA: The Construction of Merveilles; Le Corbusier, Béton brut and Ineffable Space, 1940-1965: Surface Materials and Psychophysiology of Vision; and Concrete: from Archaeology to Invention, 1700-1769.

Reviews

"Louis I. Kahn did more for concrete than most people realise. His famed concrete buildings came from years of obsessive research on concrete’s fabrication process, which vastly expanded our understanding of the material… Soundly researched and containing an astonishing amount of information, this is an enlightening read." – Specifier