A Genealogy of Finished Concrete Architecture
By T. Soshiroda
Concrete Journal, Vol.39, No.7, Jul. 2001
- Synopsis
- It is always discussed as a new and an old theme that the finished concrete architecture is a good finishing method of reinforced concrete architectures or not. The theme is also discussed from a viewpoint od the conservation of cultural worthy architectures built in modern ages. The author will tyr to discuss the theme from a cultural view going back to the starting point of the concrete architecture. In the report, he traces back to an architect's mind as a genealogy of three architects : August Perret, Antonin Raymond and Makoto Masuzawa.
- Keywords:
- finished concrete architecture, architect, conservation, durability, 1911 World Congress of Architects, A. Perret, A. Raymond
