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What is a concrete house, and is it right for you?
Despite being ubiquitous in countries around the world, particularly in Europe and South America, concrete homes are still fairly rare in the United States when compared to the hegemony of wood.
As the construction industry moves toward greener solutions, the push for sustainable, energy-efficient buildings grows. Global energy consumption for buildings accounts for nearly 40% of total energy ...
The timber formwork gives texture to the exposed concrete, and the exposed concrete gives patina to the timber formwork. The formwork panels shape the exposed concrete spaces and use, and the other ...
WARREN - People in glass houses are admonished not to throw stones. How about people in concrete houses? Well, they can throw whatever they want, because houses built of concrete are virtually ...
From the sidewalk on Willow Green Place, Bill Fredrickson and Michael Russo’s new house looks like a concrete replica of the wooden frame houses on the block destroyed by the Tubbs fire two years ago.
Click the above image or any below to open a gallery with additional photos of the construction. With its long history of concrete experience, Purinton Builders of Connecticut is not one to shy away ...
Solving the world’s numerous environmental crises requires creativity—that much is clear. But does that mandate for imagination mean we have to reconsider (and repurpose) dirty, disposable diapers? A ...
Text description provided by the architects. The red house is designed as a repetitive building kit of insulated concrete elements. The load-bearing elements are arranged independently of the inner ...
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