The latest version of Concrete Quarterly has a theme of 'Cool Concrete'. Articles include:

- Secret service: concrete goes undercover to play a vital role at the Co-op's new HQ - a BREEAM 'outstanding' office.

- Hall of flame: a weird and wonderful new museum in the French town of Menton celebrates work of surrealist artist, Jean Cocteau.

 - The world that Oscar built: tribute to the godfather of concrete architecture, Oscar Niemeyer.

To download your copy of spring 2013 CQ, or any from the archive from 1947, visit the CQ archive.

Cq spring 2013

 

In this short film, the project team of the Sainsbury Laboratory (Stirling Prize winner 2012) discuss, with a particular focus on concrete, how they brought this extraordinary project to life.

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