Reducing concrete consumption by extending service life, optimizing the design ... For example, in 2016, we contributed to the construction of a 12-storey building with a shear wall reinforced ...

By the mid-century, this resulted in Brutalism in Europe, which saw beauty in raw concrete; and Metabolism in Japan, which envisioned buildings as organic, living structures. These design ...

Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design has completed a minimalist renovation of a 1990s concrete building in Tokyo to create the Karimoku Research Center. The studio was tasked with turning the ...

Twelve different mixes were formulated, starting with conventional concrete as the control (T1). Subsequent mixes incorporated GGBS in varying proportions (5% to 25%) while maintaining a base of OPC ...