Concrete Houses: The Poetics of Form Vida Lahey curating any decent houseplant can

curating any decent houseplant can be just as effective as hanging a beautiful work of art

as she connects with the sentience of country

which makes the possibilities for form-making almost endless

The result is a breathtaking odyssey into the heart of Japanese culture

With Jimmy Pike as her teacher

Concrete Houses: The Poetics of Form Vida Lahey curating any decent houseplant canConcrete has conviction, strength and directness. It has plasticity, too, which makes the possibilities for form making almost endless. Concrete Houses explores the sculptural possibilities of concrete as the material of choice in landmark contemporary houses across Australia, Brazil, Portugal, Japan, Sweden, the Netherlands and the USA, from the hands of major international architects including Sou Fujimoto, Tom Kundig, Valerio Olgiati and Marcio