Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part A. Introduction : On the stage of architecture / Torsten Förster : Concrete architecture ; Concrete and vision ; Concretes ; Concrete and responsibility ; Concrete and sustainability ; Concrete and heat ; Ultra high performance concrete ; Concrete and reinforcement ; Concrete free formability ; Concrete and surfaces ; Concrete and colour ; Concrete and nature -- Part B. Fundamentals I : Building material and products / Martin Peck : What is concrete? ; Concrete: a standardised building material ; Basic materials ; Criteria for concrete compositions ; Reinforced concrete: a composite construction material ; A comparison of in-situ concreting and prefabricated building methods ; Special concretes ; Special construction methods -- Concrete construction operations / Martin Peck : Concrete cast in situ ; Building with precast components -- Materiality and surface / Martin Peck : Surface design techniques ; Planning exposed concrete surfaces ; Construction tips ; Remedial work -- Designing structures with structural concrete / Stephan Engelsmann, Stefan Peters, Valerie Spalding, Franz Forstlechner : Planning processes ; Design fundamentals ; Designing concrete structures ; Concrete cast in situ, precast concrete and construction using semi-finished components ; Prestressed concrete ; Multi-storey buildings ; Monolithic construction and integral concrete structures ; Foundations ; Walls ; Columns ; Beams, T-beams and diaphragm beams ; Slab structures ; Roof structures ; Access ; High-rise buildings ; Halls and other roofed structures ; Cast-in components and fastening technology/techniques ; Developments -- Digital design and fabrication methods / Tobias Wallisser : From digital form generation to computer-simulated performance ; From CNC-produced formwork to differentiated material properties ; Combination of digital design and fabrication technologies -- Part C. Fundamentals II : Sustainable construction with concrete / Peter Lieblang : Resource as a criterion for sustainable construction ; Determining the criteria for a sustainability analysis ; Environmental impact assessment profile of concrete and cement ; Recycling and recycled materials in concrete construction ; Life cycle analysis for buildings -- Costs and economics / Peter Lieblang ; Investment analysis as a tool for determining economic feasibility -- Thermal building physics and energy efficiency / Peter Lieblang : Thermal building physics ; Energy efficiency of buildings -- Building acoustics / Peter Lieblang -- Renovation and restoration / Arthur Wolfrum, Christoph Dauberschmidt : Building permits ; Damage processes in reinforced concrete buildings ; Building diagnosis ; Restoration planning, maintenance ; Demolition, strengthening, retrofitting ; Fire protection ; Sound insulation ; Heat insulation ; Restoring underground car parks -- Interiors, design, vision / Ulrike Förschler : Developments in the creative use of concrete ; Concrete in interiors ; Concrete in town and country ; Research and teaching projects ; Concrete as a shaping material.

Part D. Examples of completed buildings in detail : House in Zurich / Cristian Kerez -- Residential complex in Berlin / zanderroth architekten -- Villa extension in Gauting / Unterlandstättner Architekten -- Alpine hut in the Laternser Valley in Laterns / Marte. Marte Architekten -- Residential and commercial building in Basel / Buchner Bründler Architekten -- Government-subsidised housing in Paris / Hamonic + Masson -- Seminar building at a historic railway station in Greisselbach / Bögl Gierer Architekten -- Panorama Gallery, Mt. Pilatus in Kulm / Niklaus Graber & Christoph Steiger Architekten -- Nature park centre, primary school and kindergarten in St. Magdalena / Burger Rudacs Architekten -- Museum in Teshima / Office of Ryue Nishizawa -- Showroom in London ; MAXXI Museum in Rome / Zaha Hadid Architects -- Mülimatt sports education and training centre in Brugg/Windisch / Studio Vacchini Architetti -- Vocational Colleges in Recklinghausen / scholl architekten partnerschaft scholl.balbach.walker -- School extension in Marburg / Hess, Talhof, Kusmierz Architekten und Stadtplaner -- Redesign of Landhausplatz in Innsbruck / LAAC Architekten, Stiefel Kramer Architecture, grüner.grüner -- City of Justice in Barcelona / David Chipperfield Architects -- BTV Stadtforum in Innsbruck / Heinz Tesar -- Hydro-electric power station in Kempten / beck architekten.

"Concrete is currently enjoying enormous popularity with planners and builders thanks to the vast potential inherent in its load-bearing capacity and its diverse properties and surface characteristics. This publication focuses not just on the design and construction of concrete load-bearing structures, but also especially on concrete's material characteristics and thus on the haptic and sensual side of this material."--Publisher.