Soft Mud, Hard Beauty: a Personal Story of Architectural Concrete

By: Reginald D. Hough

This is not a technical how-to manual, but the professional memoirs of a leading architectural concrete (AC) consultant, tracking the transformation of structural concrete into a rigorously controlled, high-quality material for refined architectural expression. The narrative focuses on an intense period of post-war experimentation and development of new technologies and practices, ranging from the early 1960s until Reg Hough's retirement in 2016. Among the hundreds of projects worked on during Hough's 60-year career (including some of the most important buildings of the past half-century), some two dozen are individually explored in well-illustrated chapters featuring extensive professional photography and Hough's many drawings. In addition, the book includes 14 technical essays, a catalog of Hough's work, and a Glossary of terms used.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1638216940
• ISBN13: 9781638216940
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Primedia eLaunch LLC
• Length: 407 Pages
• Weight: 4.05 lbs.