CONTENTS: Introduction by Jean-Louis Cohen and G. Martin Moeller, Jr.6 ESSAYS Architecture and Technology: Two Centuries of Creative Tension by Antoine Picon 8 Modern Architecture and the Saga of Concrete by Jean-Louis Cohen 20 A Material Without a History Adrian Forty 34 The Semantics of Exposed Concrete by Rejean Legault 46 DESIGNS AND BUILDINGS Structure : Concrete Theater by Guy Nordenson Projects by Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates, Baumschlager-Eberle Ziviltechniker, VJAA, Stanley Saitowitz/Natoma Architects Inc., Steven Holl Architects, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Shin Takamatsu Architect and Associates Co., Ltd, Teodoro Gonzalez de Leon/Francisco Serrano, Foster and Partners Texts by G. Martin Moeller, Jr.60 Surface : Surface as Substance by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Projects by Tadao Ando Architect and Associates, Antoine Predock Architect, Alberto Kalach, Remy Marciano, Michael Jantzen, Jim Jennings Architecture, David Hertz Architects/Syndesis, Inc. with Stacy Fond, WWwith SMWM, Herzog & de Meuron Texts by G. Martin Moeller, Jr. 104 Sculptural Form : Reinforced Concrete and the Morality of Form by G. Martin Moeller, Jr. Projects by Sancho-Madridejos Architecture Office, Mansilla + Tunon Arquitectos, Pugh + Scarpa Architects, Olson Sundberg Kundig Alien Architects, Massiearchitecture. com, Ingenhoven und Partner in collaboration with Frei Otto, Christoff:Finio Architecture, Zaha Hadid Architects, Richard Meier & Partners Architects, Santiago Calatrava, Hariri & Hariri-Architecture Texts by 6. Martin Moeller, Jr. 154 The Future of Concrete : What's the Matter with Concrete? by Franz-Josef Ulm Projects by Building Studio, Rudy Ricciotti, Bill Price, Inc., Aron Losonczi Product descriptions of autoclaved aerated, bendable, fabric-formed, fabric-reinforced, and robot-laid concrete Texts by G. Martin Moeller, Jr. 216 244 Acknowledgments 245Selected Bibliography 246Index