The American Concrete Institute on Monday announced the winners of its 2016 Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards at the Concrete Convention & Exposition in Philadelphia.

The highest honor — the Excellence Award — was given to the Palazzo Italia project in Milan, Italy. That project uses a special concrete that converts smog into inert salts when exposed to direct sunlight. The concrete is also more fluid, allowing designers to create complex shapes like those found in the Palazzo Italia panels, which recall the branches of a thick forest.

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Source: http://www.djc.com/