Concrete Jungle: Tropical Architecture and Its Surprising Origins

Combine concrete's stoicism with luscious vegetative environments and you get to the language of tropical modernism. In continuity with its founding principles from the mid 20th century, today's architectural visionaries renew the use of raw materials, such as exposed concrete, to explore functionality rather than aesthetics. No matter if works are created in total symbiosis with the tropical landscape or surrounded by flourishing nature, Concrete Jungle presents the dichotomy of the rough material being softened by interaction with the interior and exterior. When gray meets green a never ending range of impressions awakens.

Author: Gestalten
Publisher: Gestalten
Published: 05/30/2023
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 5.00lbs
Size: 13.15h x 9.84w x 1.26d
ISBN13: 9783967040890
ISBN10: 3967040895
BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Buildings | Residential
- Architecture | History | Contemporary (1945 -)
- Architecture | Sustainability & Green Design