Slog - Comments on The Wondrous Stuff http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff It's wondrous stuff, - concrete infused with glass fibre. Truly beautiful. Imagine a building made of this?! The strength and exterior texture of concrete, but a lightness imbued by, well, light itself. At night, with lights on inside, shadowy projections of the inhabitants would be visible moving across the exterior of the building ... Sexy.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:49:26 -0800 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:32:15 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Non Gee someone's been all ups into concrete today

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109702 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109702 Architecture Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:59:29 -0800 Comment by Ziggity I think it's Amanda Knox.

]]> Ziggity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109703 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109703 Architecture Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:59:50 -0800 Comment by Hernandez @2 I was going to guess Natalie Merchant.

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109724 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109724 Architecture Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:09:52 -0800 Comment by CommonKnowledge My Mother the War

She borders the pavement...

]]> CommonKnowledge http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109747 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109747 Architecture Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:23:33 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Whose woods those are I think I know. The owner lives in town, though.

Carry on.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109753 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109753 Architecture Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:26:10 -0800 Comment by um stuff came out years ago.

]]> um http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109836 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109836 Architecture Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:28:58 -0800 Comment by Greg It's pretty cool, but it wouldn't work that well for load-bearing walls, because all you'd see would be the rebar. It would look like a jail cell. Besides, how do they cast this stuff to make the fibers line up? I'm guessing that process doesn't work when the concrete is just poured into a form.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109838 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109838 Architecture Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:30:15 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Must be a pain to maintain after the inevitable tagger does in a wall or two.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109869 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109869 Architecture Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:48:35 -0800 Comment by max solomon yay for hungary! finally a legacy other than back hair.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109897 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109897 Architecture Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:15:33 -0800 Comment by Jake A beautiful new means to create architectural works of art, and all I can think of is the tent scene in the second Austin Powers film. Floor-to-ceiling curtains, then?

]]> Jake http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109898 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109898 Architecture Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:16:06 -0800 Comment by JesseJB Im Club Z uses this shit for their walls Im moving away.

]]> JesseJB http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109902 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109902 Architecture Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:19:27 -0800 Comment by Free Lunch Cool stuff. I'd hate to work in that office building, though.

"Hey, I finally got a window office! Oh wait. Fuck."

]]> Free Lunch http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109954 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_wondrous_stuff#c1109954 Architecture Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:32:15 -0800