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The 39 pages that link to Reinforced concrete, each with the reason it gives.

• Modern architectureRelated: Its structural capacity enabled broad spans, thin surfaces, and freer building forms.

• SteelRelated: Steel carries tensile forces that plain concrete handles poorly.

• Le CorbusierRelated: Its structural possibilities enabled the open plans and projecting forms he favored.

• Earthquake engineeringRelated: Reinforced concrete frames and walls are common systems requiring seismic detailing.

• SkyscraperRelated: Reinforced-concrete cores and frames provide an alternative to all-steel skyscraper construction.

• Monumental sculptureRelated: It made large sculptural forms possible without relying solely on carved stone or cast metal.

• Bridge towerRelated: It is widely used for massive bridge towers and their legs.

• Oscar NiemeyerRelated: It let Niemeyer shape thin, sweeping forms that masonry could not readily achieve.

• Villa SavoyeRelated: The material made the villa’s supporting frame and open plan possible.

• Brutalist architectureRelated: It enables the large, projecting forms and exposed structure common in Brutalist buildings.

• Eero SaarinenRelated: Reinforced concrete enabled the sculptural shells of the TWA terminal and Kresge Auditorium.

• FallingwaterRelated: Wright used it to form the house’s projecting terrace slabs.

• Expressionist architectureRelated: Its structural flexibility enabled large, sculptural forms such as Berg’s Centennial Hall.

• Bridge anchorageRelated: Reinforcement helps anchorage blocks withstand local stresses around cable anchorages.

• Kenzō TangeRelated: It enabled the monumental frames and expressive roof forms of many Tange buildings.

• Christ the RedeemerRelated: It forms the statue’s structural core and supports its monumental scale.

• Erich MendelsohnRelated: Its structural possibilities supported the sweeping curves and massing associated with his designs.

• Water towerRelated: It is a common material for tower supports and elevated water tanks.

• Hassan II MosqueRelated: Modern structural materials helped realize the mosque’s monumental construction.

• Santiago CalatravaRelated: Its moldability and strength enable many of his sweeping shells and sculptural forms.

• Bank vaultRelated: Vault walls often use reinforced construction to resist attack and collapse.

• History of constructionRelated: Combining concrete and steel expanded the scale and forms of modern construction.

• Statue of UnityRelated: A reinforced-concrete core supports the statue’s height and transfers loads to its foundation.

• Tower blockRelated: It is widely used to form tower-block cores, columns, walls, and floors.

• History of architectureRelated: Its combined material properties transformed the structural possibilities of twentieth-century buildings.