{"id":2524,"date":"2012-01-31T11:32:19","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T15:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.era.on.ca\/blogs\/office\/?p=2524"},"modified":"2014-02-27T12:59:36","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T16:59:36","slug":"concrete-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/2012\/concrete-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Concrete Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Concrete-Ideas.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2584 aligncenter\" title=\"Concrete-Ideas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Concrete-Ideas.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"349\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The book <strong>Concrete Ideas: Material to Shape a City<\/strong> was launched in January, 2012.<br \/>\nEdited by Pina Petricone, the book considers new approaches to concrete architecture by exploring a variety of new technologies and possibilities for the material. First introduced by Pina&#8217;s article in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/era.on.ca\/blogs\/towerrenewal\/?page_id=146\">Concrete Toronto<\/a><\/strong>, the book is a compilation of ideas, articles and interviews assembled over the past several years.<\/p>\n<p>The volume includes exploratory design work by ERA&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/era.on.ca\/author\/jessieg\/\">Jessie Grebenc<\/a>, as well as a pair of articles by <a href=\"http:\/\/era.on.ca\/author\/graemes\/\">Graeme Stewart<\/a> focused on <a href=\"http:\/\/era.on.ca\/blogs\/towerrenewal\/\">Tower Renewal<\/a>; one examining the state of concrete tower blocks internationally and the other exploring their potential architectural and urban futures in the Toronto context.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Pina and the publication team on a wonderful and beautiful book.<\/p>\n<p>Read about Concrete Ideas in a John Bentley Mays review in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/life\/home-and-garden\/architecture\/john-bentley-mays\/concrete-looks-to-shed-a-bad-rep\/article2407594\/\"><strong>Globe and Mail<\/strong> <strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Concrete Ideas: Material to Shape a City<\/strong> will be available for order online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Concrete-Ideas-Material-Shape-City\/dp\/0500342814\">Amazon.ca<\/a> soon.<\/p>\n<p>For more on concrete, <strong>Concrete Toronto<\/strong> can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chbooks.com\/catalogue\/concrete_toronto\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The book Concrete Ideas: Material to Shape a City was launched in January, 2012. 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