"A Hungarian architect has combined the world’s most popular building material with optical fiber from Schott to create a new type of concrete that transmits light." Read [Via Gizmodo]
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I saw a block of this at an exhibition on New Hungarian Architecture at RIBA a month or so ago. It's wondrous stuff, - concrete infused with glass fibre. Truly beautiful. Imagine a building made of this?! The strength [Read More]
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i am an architect major, and absolutely love this idea of a translucent concrete. is there a manufacture for this product yet? can you tell me how to make it? i would love to study this mixture further. thank you.
Posted by: mark foster | March 16, 2009 at 12:10 PM