The interior shotcrete walls of the reinforced concrete structure, with flat-plate floor slabs, range from 6 in. to 14 in. in thickness.

The building's exterior wall is part of its reinforced concrete structure. Facade clips, made of fiberglass to minimize thermal bridging, secure the exterior cladding and, in turn, 9.5-in.-thick ...

A craggy mountain of a house, the appropriately named PATH, is as much a piece of the landscape as a place to live—except that it is located in central Tokyo and is made almost entirely of concrete.

Concrete has long been the material of brutalism, yet in residential design today, it’s anything but harsh. These days, ...

Let's say that I wanted to create a modest underground lair. What would it cost to have a large, two level concrete structure erected and backfilled? For the sake of argument, let's say it'd be ...

Teetering over the edge of a mountain in El Salvador, this concrete chapel is situated on a grassy plot overlooking a lake. Designed to frame surrounding views, the structure features two open ...

We've heard how 3D-printed concrete buildings can be constructed quickly and easily, but could there be an even faster and simpler method? According to American inventor Alex Bell, there most ...

Constraints forced project builders to position the jobsite crane close to the building and secure it through temporary openings in the facade.