A directory of everything we published this quarter. No pictures. No previews. Read the word, take the door.
Concrete Index is a quarterly review of built environments, published as a wall of links and nothing else. We removed the thumbnails in 2023 and readership went up 41%.
Every entry above is a full piece. Hover a row and it inverts — black becomes the page, the page becomes black — and the byline drops out from underneath. That is the entire interface.
Numbers we publish because a directory should account for itself.
| Section | Entries | Words | Avg. read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field Notes | 5 | 21,400 | 15 min |
| Essay | 4 | 18,900 | 12 min |
| Typography | 3 | 9,150 | 7 min |
| Interview | 2 | 16,700 | 28 min |
| Polemic | 2 | 4,020 | 5 min |
| History | 2 | 12,300 | 16 min |