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Great Glass Buildings

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Author : Peter Hyatt
Publisher : Images Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781864701128
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Great Glass Buildings written by Peter Hyatt and published by Images Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'Great Glass Buildings", Peter and Jennifer Hyatt present fifty exemplary modern projects that explore a number of theories about the nature, mystique and attraction of glass in the architecture of recent years. Variously performing roles that include giftwrap, lightweight armour, transmitter and insulator, glass began its re-emergence as an architectural force during the 1990s, as a symbol of new modernism. Advances in glass-making and construction technology and the advent of structural glazing, fixing systems, glass coatings and waterproof connections have transformed the ambitious dreams of the past into reality. Including projects by Foster and Partners, Murphy Jahn, Santiago Calatrava, Shigeru Ban, Renzo Piano and many others, this book reveals the complex nature of glass in today's architecture. SELLING POINTS: - The latest in Images Designing With/For Series - A unique focus on the work of renowned contemporary architects from around the world showcasing their projects designed with glass Exceptional full-colour photographs

Great Glass in American Architecture

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Author : H. Weber Wilson
Publisher : Plume
ISBN 13 : 9780525481768
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book Great Glass in American Architecture written by H. Weber Wilson and published by Plume. This book was released on 1986 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the development of American decorative glass art in windows and door panels from 1840 to 1920 with representative color illustrations

Glass in Architecture

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Author : Michael Wigginton
Publisher : Phaidon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714840987
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Glass in Architecture written by Michael Wigginton and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2002-03-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of the art and science of glass in architecture. This work provides a comprehensive overview of the art and science of glass use, demonstrating its historical importance in paving the way for a closer synergy between the designer and technologist. In addition to providing a historical context for glass architecture, the central section of the book presents 20 international detailed case studies of contemporary glass buildings showing the range of applications in a variety of situations, large and small. The book also explores the potential for the future, as new materials move from the abstract world of technical research into realization; a detailed appendix provides a full review of the science of glass, with a section on design and performance.

Glass in Building

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Author : David Button
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Glass in Building written by David Button and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 1993 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to the nature and performance of glass and its relationship with the building occupant. Prepared by a team of expert contributors from Pilkington Glass Ltd., the volume explores the visual, thermal, mechanical, and protective functions so that specifiers of glass can fully understand what they can achieve with it. Numerous line diagrams help to explain relevant points of theory, while built examples are illustrated by color photographs throughout the text. Primarily for architects and design professionals. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Inside Out

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Author : Glenn Williamson
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480805246
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Inside Out written by Glenn Williamson and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Inside Out, author Glenn Williamson explains the award-winning development of St. Petersburg's first modern Class A office/retail center by a multinational team of Americans, Russians, Brits, Turks, and Finns. Inside Out provides a fascinating memoir of his experiences working as a developer in Russia in the 1990s while balancing a home life with a new baby son. With unique and astute anecdotes, it offers insights into Russia, its people, and its culture. Inside Out, funny and serious, sincere and sarcastic, narrates the anatomy of a real estate deal. Now, at a time when America and Russia consider ways to reset their relations, Williamson's story shows how actual players on all sides of a complex business and personal adventure looked for, and ultimately found, a common language.

Glass Buildings

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Author : Heinz W. Krewinkel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Glass Buildings written by Heinz W. Krewinkel and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glass is a material which renders possible an especially elegant architectural language. This book provides a detailed insight into a world of technically sophisticated structures. Twenty-five projects from the past five years are presented here in a wealth of detail by way of descriptions, photographs and scale drawings. The buildings selected encompass a wide range of different types and functions, providing an intriguing record of the whole spectrum of current developments in glass technology and the role it plays in construction.

Houses of Glass

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Author : Georg Kohlmaier
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262610704
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Houses of Glass written by Georg Kohlmaier and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The glasshouses of the nineteenth century represent a remarkable confluence of opposites in architecture and technology. The architecture was designed to create an artificial climate in which people could return to paradise, and yet the technical means employed were also basic to the century's developing industrial grime -the other side of paradise. Enriched by more than 700 illustrations, Houses of Glass chronicles these pristine structures as they evolved from hothouses into exhibition halls, ballrooms, and theaters. Georg Kohlmaier is an architect and Barna von Sartory a sculptor. They have collaborated on many books and articles on contemporary architecture.

New Glass Architecture

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Author : Brent Richards
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300107951
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book New Glass Architecture written by Brent Richards and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely look at the ways in which glass is utilized in some of today's most beautiful and experimental building designs For centuries, glass has provoked fascination with its properties as a versatile material that permits light to enter buildings in spectacular ways. Much of modern architecture has been conceived by using glass to create increasingly minimal structures, to promote the notion of lightweight construction solutions, and to allow maximum daylight into buildings. New Glass Architecture showcases the changing ways that aesthetics and methods for using glass have been developing since the 1990s. The book begins with an introduction that traces the history of key moments in glass architecture--from the stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral to the Crystal Palace of 1851, and early constructions by John Soane, Bruno Taut, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe. Author Brent Richards explains the importance of glass artists in the second half of the 20th century and describes developments in glass technology over the last twenty years. Beautifully illustrated with newly commissioned photographs by Dennis Gilbert, the book features twenty-five case studies of recent glass constructions from around the world by such leading architects as Foster and Partners, Frank Gehry, Herzog & de Meuron, Steven Holl, Toyo Ito & Associates, Jean Nouvel, Raphael Viñoly, and Peter Zumthor. Each building is illustrated in full color and accompanied by detailed drawings. New Glass Architecture features these buildings and more: - Chapel of Ignatius, Seattle - Condé Nast Café, New York - DZ Bank, Berlin - Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia - Kunsthaus, Graz, Austria - Laban Dance Centre, London - Torre Agbar, Barcelona

The Art of Glass

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Author : S. Knapp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610597241
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Glass written by S. Knapp and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Falling Glass

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Author : Patrick Loughran
Publisher : Birkhäuser
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Falling Glass written by Patrick Loughran and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2003-04 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Problems in construction have existed for as long as architecture itself has enclosed our spaces. Particularly in glass structures there have been some catastrophic problems in recent years. It would seem that modern architecture with its complex technologies and ingenious details is especially prone to defects. For this very reason, this selection of examples includes such renowned projects as John Hancock Tower in Boston, Galeries Lafayette in Berlin, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the Bibliothèque de France in Paris. The book can be seen as a catalogue of facade failure modes, examining defects due to water leakage, corrosion, incompatibility of materials, insufficient redundancy, climatic influences, wear and tear of materials etc. Each chapter is devoted to a particular form of damage, illustrating it with examples, and concluding with strategies to avoid repetition of defects. Patrick Loughran, architect and engineer, has been working in the design of building facades in Chicago since 1994.

Great Glass in American Architecture

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Author : H. Weber Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780525043188
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Great Glass in American Architecture written by H. Weber Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Building the Skyline

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Author : Jason M. Barr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199344388
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Building the Skyline written by Jason M. Barr and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Manhattan skyline is one of the great wonders of the modern world. But how and why did it form? Much has been written about the city's architecture and its general history, but little work has explored the economic forces that created the skyline. In Building the Skyline, Jason Barr chronicles the economic history of the Manhattan skyline. In the process, he debunks some widely held misconceptions about the city's history. Starting with Manhattan's natural and geological history, Barr moves on to how these formations influenced early land use and the development of neighborhoods, including the dense tenement neighborhoods of Five Points and the Lower East Side, and how these early decisions eventually impacted the location of skyscrapers built during the Skyscraper Revolution at the end of the 19th century. Barr then explores the economic history of skyscrapers and the skyline, investigating the reasons for their heights, frequencies, locations, and shapes. He discusses why skyscrapers emerged downtown and why they appeared three miles to the north in midtown-but not in between the two areas. Contrary to popular belief, this was not due to the depths of Manhattan's bedrock, nor the presence of Grand Central Station. Rather, midtown's emergence was a response to the economic and demographic forces that were taking place north of 14th Street after the Civil War. Building the Skyline also presents the first rigorous investigation of the causes of the building boom during the Roaring Twenties. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the boom was largely a rational response to the economic growth of the nation and city. The last chapter investigates the value of Manhattan Island and the relationship between skyscrapers and land prices. Finally, an Epilogue offers policy recommendations for a resilient and robust future skyline.

Detail in Contemporary Glass Architecture

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Author : Virginia McLeod
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781856697408
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (974 download)

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Download or read book Detail in Contemporary Glass Architecture written by Virginia McLeod and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-21 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the success of the earlier titles in this series, Detail in Contemporary Glass Architecture provides analysis of both the technical and the aesthetic importance of details in modern glass architecture. Featuring the work of renowned architects from around the world, this book presents 50 of the most recently completed and influential glass designs for residential, public and commercial architecture. Each project is presented with colour photographs, site plans and sections and elevations, as well as numerous construction details. There is also a descriptive text, detailed captions and in-depth information for each project, including the location, client, architectural project team, main consultants and contractors. The projects are presented in clear and concise layouts over four pages. All of the drawings are styled in the same consistent way and presented at standard architectural scales to allow for easy comparison. There is also a CD-ROM which contains all the drawings as printed in the book, in both EPS and DWG (generic CAD) formats. In addition the book features an index of architects that includes the name, address and all contact details for each architect. Detail in Contemporary Glass Architecture is an excellent reference work for practising architects as well as architecture and design students.

Building-Integrated Solar Energy Systems

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Author : Robert E. Parkin
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1498727778
Total Pages : 589 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Building-Integrated Solar Energy Systems written by Robert E. Parkin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents techniques for building and optimizing structures with integrated solar energy systems. It describes active solar systems such as photovoltaics and parabolic concentrators as well as passive solar systems and covers optimal materials to use, daylighting, shading, solar blinds, rock and water energy storage and more. It discusses the best ways to site a solar structure considering exposure, elevation, slope, clearance, wind protection, etc. The book includes numerous full-color figures and more than 100 MATLAB® files.

Windows and Glass in the Exterior of Buildings

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Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Building Research Institute
Publisher : National Academies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Windows and Glass in the Exterior of Buildings written by National Research Council (U.S.). Building Research Institute and published by National Academies. This book was released on 1957 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Glass Architecture

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Author : Paul Scheerbart
Publisher : New York : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Glass Architecture written by Paul Scheerbart and published by New York : Praeger. This book was released on 1972 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Preservation of Historic Architecture

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9781599217147
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book The Preservation of Historic Architecture written by and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Park Service's official advice on preserving and restoring historic buildings.