Title

For the Love of Concrete: Embracing the Ugly Duckling, Not the Decorated Shed

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Steven Carlson

Document Type

Thesis, Senior

Degree

B. ARCH

Date

Spring 2017

Keywords

concrete, construction, brutalism, facade, beauty

Language

English

Disciplines

Architecture

Description/Abstract

For the Love of Concrete is at its heart an homage to concrete, advocating beauty, versatility and durability; celebrating concrete's ability to create spatial experiences that are compelling, varied, acoustically attuned and thermally tempered. In the face of increasing superficiality, in architecture and the world at large, this thesis celebrates the authenticity and substantiality of concrete.

Additional Information

This thesis received Honorable Mention.

Thesis Advisors: Nicole McIntosh with Roger Hubeli, Julie Larsen and Sinéad Mac Namara

Recommended Citation

Carlson, Steven, "For the Love of Concrete: Embracing the Ugly Duckling, Not the Decorated Shed" (2017). Architecture Senior Theses. 389.
https://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/389

Source

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