How do you hang paintings on concrete walls? “With great difficulty” is the joke answer. “With great difficulty” is the serious answer too. Hanging paintings on cast concrete isn’t easy. But that’s ...

Concrete has been one of the fundamentals- the very rudimentary structure of architecture. But what if this versatile element is added to the interiors, as it is? The raw beauty radiates a ...

Question: We are placing a foundation wall for a residential project using our standard forming system set for 7 5/8 in. wall thickness. The Wisconsin state code (Uniform Dwelling Code) states that a ...

Undulated concrete walls form the lower portion of this Californian house by architecture studio Laney LA, while its top half is wrapped in glass and cedar. The aptly named Scalloped Concrete House ...

The Fort Worth Camera building, a new photography studio and retail space, is surrounded by notable concrete neighbors, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth by Tadao Ando and the Kimball Art Museum by ...

Few cities test a building’s limits like Chicago. From frigid winters and scorching summers to lake-driven winds and dense urban conditions, it’s a proving ground for materials. That’s why architects, ...

Question: Last winter we installed several foundations for a builder in one development. He called this week asking us to provide inspection and support for a home owner claiming to have moisture ...

Chinese landscape architecture studio Turenscape has transformed a concrete sea wall on an abandoned fish farm into a public space in Haikou City, Hainan. Named A Breathing Sea Wall, the project aims ...