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A Home is symbolic of lifestyle, the personality of its residents, as well the era in which it was built. For the very same reasons, people have started to take interest in consciously making choices about their modern homes, and their needs are efficiently met through the use of concrete as a building material.....

to break up the heavy concrete mass of the castaños house, the volume is fragmented with voids and large elements of glazing.

courtyards and skylights illuminate the private home by christopher robertson which is constructed from three components making up the building form.

Re-siding your house with HardiePanel vertical siding—or combining it with HardiePlank® lap siding—is sure to add visual punch to your design.

In the charming town of Garzón, a tailor to the stars and his stylist wife create a gorgeous getaway.

There are a lot of advantages to concrete block house construction, but there are problems with concrete blocks, too. Here are the pros and cons.

A ‘three-dimensional garden’, the NGA House, designed by Sanuki Daisuke Architects, offers a new ideal of inner-city living.

Concrete Houses : The architecture of 20 contemporary houses around the world explores concrete's sculptural possibilities. Robust and raw, concrete has been a rudimentary building material for centuries, but it is only relatively recently that architects have begun exploring its softer, tactile side in the design of houses. Concrete is durable, recyclable, and thermally efficient, and it goes up quickly compared to wood or metal framing. The appeal for architects, though, is ...