Sacred Concrete: When Walls Recite the Surah of Strength

الخرسانة المقدسة: حين تتلو الجدران سورة الصلابة

By Architect Imad Darouich

A dialogue in ten chapters between an architect in a New York studio and an artificial intelligence about reinforced concrete, moving through Ronchamp, modern Baghdad, Breuer's Whitney building, Habitat 67, Damascus, Louvre Abu Dhabi and destroyed homes, and arguing that a material gains meaning from the intention of those who build with it.

Format

PDF ebook

Languages

Arabic and English

Collection

Ideas & Philosophy