Concrete Fins
Concrete fins: vertical or angled cast-concrete blades used as sunshading, screening and facade rhythm on buildings.
See Architects Wraps a Stepped Seoul Commercial Block in Deep Concrete Fins Facing an Elementary School
Across from an elementary school near Seoul's Samseong Station, a 950 m² commercial block uses deep fins and stepped terraces to filter view and noise.
Baumschlager Eberle Wraps a Grenoble Office Building in 110 Meters of Pale Concrete Fins
Near Grenoble's train station, a six-story curved office block uses its own facade as a passive climate device against Alpine sun.
FGR Architects Folds a Concrete Curtain Around a Layered Toorak Residence
In Melbourne's leafy east, rippling concrete fins wrap a split-level dwelling that trades suburban spectacle for slow, private revelation.
Terra Office by Mandviwala Qutub and Associates: A Dialogue Between Architecture and Nature in Ahmedabad
Terra Office blends minimalist design with nature, featuring courtyards, concrete fins, and a tree-inspired layout rooted in sustainability.
DF Arquitectos Carves a Clubhouse for Young Footballers into a Volcanic Quarry in Mexico City
Built from the very stone it sits against, the Pumas Clubhouse at UNAM shelters 110 aspiring players across 3,700 square meters.
HUNI Architectes Wraps a Vietnamese Tech Park Headquarters in Parametric Fiber-Concrete Fins
A gear-inspired administrative hub north of Da Nang City uses energy-simulated sun blades to temper Vietnam's tropical heat.
b720 Wraps a Madrid Office Block in Orientation-Tuned Concrete Fins That Think for Themselves
Polaris North replaces an obsolete phone-book headquarters in Hortaleza with a climate-responsive facade calibrated to four solar angles.
Department of Architecture Co. Wraps a Bangkok Church in Pleated Concrete and Prismatic Light
A small urban church in Khlong Toei uses precast fins and dichroic glass to turn scripture into architecture and sunlight into color.
Baumschlager Eberle Wraps a Vietnamese Lock Factory in a Climate-Tuned Concrete Veil
A 30,000-square-meter industrial campus near Hanoi uses angled concrete fins to fight monsoon heat and earn LEED Gold certification.
Multiprojectus Wraps a Portuguese Factory in a Relentless Rhythm of Concrete Fins
BW II in Viana do Castelo turns the industrial shed typology into an exercise in civic generosity and tectonic precision.
