The zigzag pattern strengthens both the formwork and ... “Consider a vaulted concrete floor measuring two by three metres – the starting plate would need to be approximately three by five ...

An architecture student has devised a clever way to build strong, stable vaulted floors using far less concrete and steel than usual, with a novel formwork design inspired by origami. The Unfold ...

the floor level was lowered by half a metre through the design of a "concrete tray", filling the width of the site and extending into the garden to create a new sunken patio. Externally ...

US Patent 1219272/Public DomainUnlike how concrete is usually poured today, floor by floor ... a few years ago I wrote that we should nip this design trend in the bud.

The design of the Marshgate building nods ... while a pebbled surface was implemented on the concrete wrapping higher floors. (Hufton + Crow Photography) To heighten the facade’s sculptural ...

Many of the homes where this has happened share some design elements ... Not comfortable drilling into your floor? Sometimes simply rapping on the concrete will work, Sciuga said.