This work presents a portfolio of projects featuring cutting-edge glass designs by modern innovative architects including SANAA's acclaimed Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art and Steven Holl's Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City.
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"After its role in the last century's call to a radical new architecture for urban life, glass has emerged as a culturally accepted material in architecture and construction. Offering novel modes of visual pleasure and spatial experience, glass has been the beneficiary of major …
PLACE OF GLASS IN BUILDING
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Originally published in 1943, The Place of Glass in Building is a comprehensive and compact survey of the structural uses of glass in 20th Century architecture. It gives the facts about the physical properties, the possibilities and the limitations of the glass in common use. It…
Façades: Principles of Construction
by Knaack, Ulrich, Klein, Tillmann, Bilow, Marcel, Auer, Thomas
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This book demonstrates the principles of facade construction. Guidelines are suggested for good detailing. The installation procedures are described for the most common materials - glass, wood, steel, concrete, and aluminum. Numerous drawings made specially for the book explain …
"ASTM Stock Number: STP1434. - "ASTM International Committee E06 on Performance of Buildings served as its sponsor."--Foreword. - Includes bibliographical references and indexes. - Electronic reproduction; W. Conshohocken, Pa; ASTM International; 2011; Mode of access: World Wide…