--- title: "Concrete – so much more than the gray friend in the background" url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/concrete-so-much-more-than-the-gray-friend-in-the-background" language: "en" type: "article" description: "The new Material Edition will showcase many other types of concrete including, for example, glass-foam concrete, translucent concrete, colored and recycled c..." published: "2009-10-20T00:00:00+02:00" modified: "2026-09-26T16:57:11+02:00" image: "https://www.stylepark.com/assets/articles/2009/beton-mehr-als-der-graue-freund-im-hintergrund/v299338_1046_237_166-1.jpg" --- # Concrete – so much more than the gray friend in the background Concrete – so much more than the gray friend in the background Oct 20, 2009 Textile reinforced concrete, self-cleaning concrete, self-compacting concrete - innovations are definitely not in short supply. The past decades have seen many new advances and improvements. Concrete has, alongside steel, often been hailed as the material of Modernist architecture thanks to its use in the refined building designs of the 1950s as well as in the brutalist structures of the 1960s. It features in minimalist designs just as it does in gigantic dams and bridges with incredible spans. Given that the majority of these projects would have been inconceivable without it, concrete has always been regarded as a miracle material by many, yet it has likewise met with criticism for aesthetic reasons. The new Material Edition will showcase selected types of concrete including, for example, glass-foam concrete, translucent concrete, colored and recycled concrete. Be inspired by the sheer wealth of possible uses! 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