Mark A-to-Z: C is for Concrete

It might conjure up an immediate association with car parks and brutalism but, love it or hate it, concrete is here to stay. Cast-on-site or pre-cast, rough or polished, concrete is a top choice for structural design, as well as for interior finis
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