Concrete Houses: The Poetics of Form
Author: Rollo, Joe
ISBN: 9781760760410
RM247.90
Publisher,Thames & Hudson Australia
Publication Date,
Format, Hardcover
Weight,
No. of Pages, 304
Concrete Houses explores the sculptural possibilities of concrete as the material of choice in landmark contemporary houses across Australia, Brazil, Portugal, Japan, Sweden, the Netherlands and the USA, from the hands of major international architects including Sou Fujimoto, Tom Kundig, Valerio Olgiati and Marcio Kogan, and Australians such as Peter Stutchbury, Alex Popov, Ian McDougall and Neil Durbach.
Illustrated throughout with exceptional colour photography, and selected plans and drawings, Concrete Houses celebrates the incontrovertible fusion of concrete’s versatility and brute force to make timeless architecture of lyric beauty.
About the Author
Joe Rollo is an architecture writer and editor. He reviewed architecture for The Age
newspaper, Melbourne, from 1994 to 2015. He has written extensively for newspapers
and magazines, including The Australian, The Australian Weekend Magazine, The
Spectator Australia, The Australian Financial Review Magazine, The Bulletin and
Wallpaper* magazine. He is the founding editor of C+A, an international magazine of
concrete architecture, and the author of four previous books: Contemporary Melbourne
Architecture; Concrete Poetry: Concrete Architecture in Australia; Beautiful Ugly: The
Architectural Photography of John Gollings; and Harry Seidler’s Umbrella: Selected
Writings on Architecture and Design in Australia. He holds a Master of Architecture
degree (Honoris Causa) from RMIT University. He was born in Sicily and lives and
works in Melbourne.
newspaper, Melbourne, from 1994 to 2015. He has written extensively for newspapers
and magazines, including The Australian, The Australian Weekend Magazine, The
Spectator Australia, The Australian Financial Review Magazine, The Bulletin and
Wallpaper* magazine. He is the founding editor of C+A, an international magazine of
concrete architecture, and the author of four previous books: Contemporary Melbourne
Architecture; Concrete Poetry: Concrete Architecture in Australia; Beautiful Ugly: The
Architectural Photography of John Gollings; and Harry Seidler’s Umbrella: Selected
Writings on Architecture and Design in Australia. He holds a Master of Architecture
degree (Honoris Causa) from RMIT University. He was born in Sicily and lives and
works in Melbourne.
