1. Home
  2. Construction and public works
  3. The superstructure of the building
  4. Architectural concrete

  5. Technical and economic selection criteria

Article | REF: C2232 V1

Architectural concrete

Author: Marcel HUREZ

Publication date: November 10, 2000

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!

Français

4. Technical and economic selection criteria

Today, architectural concrete is combined with most construction materials - glass, steel and wood - to offer technically and economically efficient solutions, enabling architects to create complex, open-plan volumes and envelopes that are easy to install thanks to the use of simple, durable assembly systems. Elements produced in this way can be load-bearing, self-supporting, supported or suspended from the structure.

  • Cost of facing concrete

    Depending on the nature of the constituents (cement, aggregates, admixtures, colorants), a facing concrete can cost 3 to 4 times as much as a standard concrete.

    This makes it economically attractive to combine one or more facing concretes with a lower-cost mass concrete (usually grey). The industrialist uses appropriate molding techniques to manufacture...

You do not have access to this resource.

Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!

The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference

A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
+ More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects

This article is included in

The superstructure of the building

This offer includes:

Knowledge Base

Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees

Services

A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources

Practical Path

Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills

Doc & Quiz

Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading

Subscribe now!

Ongoing reading
Technical and economic selection criteria
Outline