Concrete houses: texture, enclosure & landscape

Reading the collection

Concrete can shape a house through its enclosure, structure or relationship with the ground. This selection follows those spatial choices: private courtyards, sheltered terraces, rooms set into a hillside and openings that frame a garden. A shared material does not mean that every example belongs to the same historical style.

Begin with the relationship between solid and opening. A long wall can protect a courtyard, while an overhang can extend a living room toward the landscape. Compare those roles before treating surface texture as the whole architectural idea.

Concrete appearance alone does not identify a mix, supplier or finishing process. Project-specific specifications remain in the separate exact-material records when documented. The broader collection uses the catalogue’s material theme and should be read alongside each published project account.

Concrete or Brutalism?

Material and historical style are different ways of describing a building. Use the project’s evidence and context before assigning a movement label.

What is actually specified?

A photograph may show visible texture, but a precise mix or finish needs project-specific documentation.