concrete structures
Gray hardened edifices
Concrete structures are buildings, bridges, dams, and other constructions made primarily from concrete—a mixture of cement, water, and aggregate that hardens into stone-like material.
The term appears in engineering, architecture, and construction contexts: The earthquake damaged several concrete structures in the downtown area.
It encompasses everything from sidewalks to skyscrapers, distinguished from steel-frame, wood, or masonry construction.
- formworkMold for poured concrete
- rebarSteel strengthening concrete
- beamsRays or supports
- bridgesStructures spanning obstacles
- highway overpassElevated roadway crossing another
dams · shotcrete · columns · brutalist · urban decay · aqueducts · cement · wall · fly ash · block · crack · bunker · footings · admixtures · skyscrapers · infrastructure · load-bearing walls · cantilevers
- military engineeringengineers, combat engineer, combat engineers, sappers, sapper
- metabolismcatabolism, anabolism, metabolism, glycolysis, metabolic rate
- Nordic architectureDanish modern, Nordic design, functionalism, BIG, Copenhagen
concrete structureswooden frames
Structural lumber assemblies
wooden structures · steel structures · log cabins · adobe buildings · brick buildings
concrete structurestemporary structures
Constructions not meant to last
tents · yurts · mobile homes · makeshift shelters · lean-tos
concrete structurescaves
Natural underground chambers
rock formations · trees · organic forms · geological features · coral reefs