Making one kilo releases about 0.13 kg of CO₂: low per kilogram, but concrete is used by the tonne.
01The building that proves it
Exposed Concrete here: exposed concrete banded with marble, cut by vast geometric openings.
About the building ↗02Try it on a board
Pick up to three materials to sit beside exposed concrete. The board shows the styles that use all of them, and writes a prompt you can take to an image or video generator.
03The styles built on it
- Architecture"Raw concrete: #948E84: modernism's defining material"
- Rave"Raw concrete, steel shutter, speaker grille cloth"
- Structuralism"Exposed concrete frames with brick infill: #8A7C6C, #A0522D"
- Brutalism"Raw concrete: #A0988C, #8C8480, #787070: grey with warm undertone"
04Questions
Which design styles use exposed concrete?
Brutalist Architecture, Monolithic Architecture, Architectural Modernism, Architecture and Rave, and 2 more.
What goes well with exposed concrete?
Exposed Concrete pairs well with structural steel, plate glass and reclaimed timber.
What does exposed concrete communicate?
Material honesty, Monumental austerity and Brutalist conviction. It suits cultural institutions, brutalist restoration and civic architecture.
What is the carbon footprint of exposed concrete?
Making one kilo of exposed concrete releases about 0.13 kg of CO₂, cradle to gate: low per kilogram, but concrete is used by the tonne.