Archello Awards 2026 · Enter your projects before 30 September 2026
Archello Awards 2026 · Enter your projects before 30 September 2026

Concrete is the leading architectural material of the last century because it redefined the standards of architectural design through the work of the late “Maestros”. Rigorous and poetic, solid and raw, concrete is an essential element for the exterior. Its surface appears crude and natural showing all the patterns of the wooden cast and steel spatula. The contrast between the untouchable lighting effects and the pure strength of the solid concrete structures, designed in simple forms, create a strong emotional impact. Concrete is a living material that ages, transforms and evolves absorbing the surrounding colors, blending, integrating and interacting with the architecture in terms of form and function. The aluminium takes on the more structural part whilst the concrete a more protective aesthetical function leaving the emotional role to the lighting effect.