Materials - Concrete

Concrete is an extraordinary material...

that is practical, expressive, and aesthetic all at once. From a primal and formless slurry, you can transform concrete into virtually any shape that becomes a solid mass. The possibilities for creative expression are endless. You can grind, polish, stamp, or stain it. You can embed meaningful objects within it.

Concrete is an ideal medium to express relationships between art and craft, between architecture and contracting. There is something powerful—something emotional—about projects that evolve from actual hands-on experience with the material, coupled with an understanding of the pattern language of design principles

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