Liquid Stone New Architecture in Concrete Jean-Louis Cohen and G. Martin Moeller, Jr., editors Birkhauser - Publishers for Architecture Basel Berlin • Boston Contents Introduction Jean-Louis Cohen and G. Martin Moeller, Jr. ESSAYS 8 Architecture and Technology: Two Centuries of Creative Tension Antoine Picon 20 Modern Architecture and the Saga of Concrete Jean-Louis Cohen 34 A Material Without a History Adrian Forty 46 The Semantics of Exposed Concrete Rejean Legault DESIGNS AND BUILDINGS 60 Structure Concrete Theater 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. 104 Surface Surface as Substance 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, WW with SMWM, Herzog & de Meuron Texts by G. Martin Moeller, Jr. to 154 Sculptural Form Reinforced Concrete and the Morality of Form G. Martin Moeller, Jr. Projects by Sancho-Madridejos Architecture Office, Mansilla + Tunon Arquitectos, Pugh + Scarpa Architects, Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen 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 G. Martin Moeller, Jr. 216 The Future of Concrete What's the Matter with Concrete? 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. 244 Acknowledgments 245 Selected Bibliography 246 Index.