Breeze Block: Don’t Call It A Comeback

Breeze-block is part of the historic trajectory ofModernism, particularly its many manifestations insunny, Mediterranean and tropical climates. Under avariety of names, the highly functional and aestheticconcrete blocks being used in construction today area direct and uninterrupted link to the mid-centuryarchitectural movement that popularized them over60 years ago. Despite that legacy and a superficialuniformity, breeze-block carries deep rooted regionalnuances and local taxonomy undeterred by its apparentequatorial ubiquity. Whether in Honolulu, LosAngeles, Miami, Sydney or Madrid, the commonalitiesshared in production, material and utility haveall contributed to the success and the neglect of thisuniquely brandless building product.

Volume Editors
Luis Francisco Rico-Gutierrez & Martha Thorne

ISBN
978-1-944214-08-1