For walls, concrete masonry technology and Insulating Concrete Forms ( ICFs ) are additional options.

As he did in Concrete Island and Crash, Ballard here offers a vision of how modern life in an urban landscape and the advances of technology could warp the human psyche in hitherto unexplored ways.

Concrete was used for construction in many ancient structures.

Concrete, as the Romans knew it, was a new and revolutionary material.

Concrete additives have been used since Roman and Egyptian times, when it was discovered that adding volcanic ash to the mix allowed it to set under water.

* The preface of Concrete Mathematics includes the following anecdote: " When Knuth taught Concrete Mathematics at Stanford for the first time, he explained the somewhat strange title by saying that it was his attempt to teach a math course that was hard instead of soft.

There also was a warm-up loop called Zielschleife (" Finish Loop ") or Betonschleife (" Concrete Loop "), around the pit area.

Papert's third wife was Sherry Turkle, and together they wrote the influential paper " Epistemological Pluralism and the Revaluation of the Concrete.

Other such weapons include the " Concrete Donkey ", one of the most powerful weapons in the game, which is based on a garden ornament in Andy Davidson's home garden, and an airstrike known in the game as Mike's Carpet Bomb was actually inspired by a store near the Team17 headquarters called " Mike's Carpets ".

Williams also features on a double CD titled Concrete which was released on the same day as Rudebox.

Concrete historical evidence for this period is scarce, but overall it appears that the region was populated by a number of different peoples speaking distinct languages.

Concrete stuccoing added in the 1980s is being removed as this material was found to trap water inside the church which damaged the interior decoration.

Turkle was formerly married to Seymour Papert, and together they wrote the influential paper " Epistemological Pluralism and the Revaluation of the Concrete.

The Louis Woodham Concrete Company, which would provide construction materials for the growing Shalimar area, was established at Dixie Point at the end of Ferry Road by 1956, and would survive into the late 1970s before being replaced by condominiums.

The Silver Dollar burnt down and was replaced with Davis Concrete.

Concrete was to be an integral part of the tower block designs ; it could be poured on site, offering boundless flexibility to the building designers.

File: Diehl Park Mowrystown, Ohio. JPG | Concrete ornament in Diehl Park that was once located in the middle of the intersection of High and Main Streets.

Known as the Concrete City in the 1850s, it was the site of nearly 100 homes constructed of limecrete.

Inhabitants of the new community settled on the name " Concrete " and the town was so christened and officially incorporated on May 8, 1909.

Concrete High School Concrete High School was built in 1952.

Located in the heart of Concrete Town Center on Main Street, the Concrete Herald Building was originally built in 1918 as a Model T Ford garage complete with a gas-station out front.

Blocks of cinder concrete ( cinder blocks or breezeblocks ), ordinary concrete ( concrete blocks ), or hollow tile are generically known as Concrete Masonry Units ( CMUs ).

The town of Concrete has undergone several incarnations, the earliest being a settlement at the northwestern junction of the Baker and Skagit Rivers, known as " Minnehaha ".

Originally built in 1923, the stage of the Concrete Theatre has entertained audiences with vaudeville, boxing matches, silent films and later what were known as " the talkies ".

Concrete has had its share of interesting characters — some famous, and some only locally known.

The Quakenbush sisters, Nell and Kate, circa 1930 ' sTwo such locally known and enterprising females decided that they would help bring Concrete into the 20th Century in a before-their-time fashion.

Reporters heard soon after of the coincidental blackout of Concrete, and sent the story out over the international newswire and soon the town of Concrete was known ( if only for a moment ) worldwide.

While driving the side roads off the highway looking for the bandits, searchers came across a fresh set of tire skid marks on what is today known as Cape Horn Road in Birdsview, a small farming community six miles west of Concrete.

It has been suggested that the term ' Junglist ' was a reference to a person either from a ghetto of Kingston known as ' The Concrete Jungle ' or from a different suburb, ' The Gardens ', which was a leafy area colloquially referred to as ' The Jungle '.

MTSU is most prominently known for its Recording Industry, Aerospace, Music, and Concrete Industry Management programs.

It is a local tourist attraction, in part due to its proximity to the SS Atlantus ( locally known as the " Concrete Ship ") and the Cape May Light.

Despite his French name, Meccaneaux was a working-class accented English rat who was frequently called by the brothers to repair the van ( generally, after Hugo's driving had caused an accident ) and, on occasion, to provide other forms of technical expertise-such as the building of the Concrete Destruction Ray ( known by Victor as the " Discreet Correction Ray ").

The Arnett Gardens part of Kingston is popularly known as the Concrete Jungle, hence the nickname of the club.

While primarily known as a poet, McGrath has also written a play, " The Autobiography of Edvard Munch " ( produced by Concrete Gothic Theater, Chicago, 1983 ); a libretto for Orlando Garcia's experimental video opera " Transcending Time " ( premiered at the New Music Biennalle, Zagreb, Croatia, 2009 ); collaborated with the video artist John Stuart on the video / poetry piece " 14 Views of Miami " ( premiered at The Wolfsonian, Miami, 2008 ); and translated the Aristophanes play The Wasps for the Penn Greek Drama Series.

The Metro Nashville Skatepark ( also known as Concrete Wave Country or Two Rivers Skatepark ) is a public concrete skatepark located in Nashville, Tennessee.

P · A · L is also known for his influence on bands such as Wumpscut, who made his own version of the P · A · L track “ Concrete Rage ”.

Robert ( Concrete Bob ) McAlpine was the founder of the major British construction firm now known as Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd. His initial builder's business was based in Burnbank.

Paul Chadwick ( born 1957 ) is an American comic book creator best known for his series Concrete about a normal man trapped in a rock-hard body.

The penitentiary is sometimes known as Concrete Mama, from a book with the same title, by Ethan Hoffman and John McCoy.

This half hour program is produced by Ron Rocheleau, known as Concrete Ron.

Although seen as a revolutionary improvement when the first section of it opened in 1960, the ' Concrete Collar ', as it became known, was viewed by council planners as an impenetrable barrier for the expansion of the city centre.

From 1987 to spring 2001 it was located at Seefeldstrasse 317 in the outer Seefeld area of Zurich and was known as the " House for Constructive and Concrete Art ".