“Malleable, durable and capable of creating a prodigious engineering”. With these words, the specialist in architecture, Philip Jodidio, refers to concrete in the book 100 contemporary concrete buildings. The volume underscores the surprising revival that this material has experienced in the 21st century and how great architects use it without prejudice, both in its large constructions for public use and in single-family homes.

Although the severe economic crisis of the last decade caused a decline in construction and investment in infrastructure – which led to a decline in cement consumption of 80% in a decade – the sector holds on. With an annual per capita consumption of 209 kilos per capita in 2015, the cement industry continues to add value to society. Figures apart, his clearest demonstration of force remains in all the works. The great infrastructures scattered throughout the territory and the trust that the recognized architects deposit in the material for their creations are the evidence and the greater reward for a sector that resurges.