Promotion: the Norman Foster Foundation has collaborated with building materials company Holcim to develop the Essential Homes Project, a concrete-wrapped modular housing concept for displaced people. More
In this video produced for Holcim by Dezeen, Norman Foster introduces a housing prototype for displaced people that the Norman Foster Foundation developed with the building materials company and unveiled at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban explains how his egg-shaped music auditorium acts as a western gateway to Paris in the last instalment of Dezeen's Concrete Icons series produced in collaboration with Holcim. More
The Striatus bridge makes use of historic masonry construction techniques and modern technology explains Zaha Hadid Architects associate director Shajay Bhooshan in this instalment of Dezeen's Concrete Icons video series produced in collaboration with Holcim. More
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto explains how his stacked-cube learning centre in Switzerland is one of the most significant projects of his career in this instalment of Dezeen's Concrete Icons series produced in collaboration with Holcim. More
Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao explains how her concrete Casa Ventura house responds to the topography of its hilltop site in the latest instalment of Dezeen's Concrete Icons series produced in collaboration with Holcim. More
Architect Elizabeth Diller explains how The Broad museum in Los Angeles was designed to feel "extremely welcoming" in the next instalment of Dezeen's Concrete Icons series produced in collaboration with Holcim. More
Dezeen is teaming up with Holcim to launch Concrete Icons, a new video series profiling the most iconic contemporary concrete buildings by the world's leading architects. More
Holcim CEO Jan Jenisch explains how 3D-printed concrete bridge Striatus aims to showcase how to build with less material without compromising performance in this video Dezeen produced for the building materials company. More
Dezeen teamed up with Holcim to host a live talk about Striatus, a 3D-printed concrete footbridge that the building material company built in Venice with Zaha Hadid Architects and Block Research Group at ETH Zurich. More
Zaha Hadid Architects and ETH Zurich have built a 3D-printed concrete footbridge named Striatus in Venice that is freestanding and assembled without mortar. More
Dezeen promotion: the LafargeHolcim Awards is open for entries, calling professionals as well as the next generation of designers to share their sustainable architecture projects. More
Concrete facades could soon capture solar energy to power buildings, using a prototype photovoltaic cladding developed by materials company LafargeHolcim and electronics manufacturer Heliatek. More