ON THE COVER: Broken glass has always been a difficult material to recycle. In concrete, for example, cement reacts poorly with glass. But now the reaction can be mitigated with the use of metakaolin, a pozzolanic admixture, which is giving architects and artisans even more options for using precast concrete as an attractive building material. Photo courtesy Christopher Whited
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