Glass Buildings. Material, Structure and Detail
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Author(s): H Krewinkel (Ed.)
Publisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN: 3 7643 5650 2
Format: hardback
155pp
Price: sFr88
Review Date: 23 May 2000
Review: This book deals with contemporary buildings which owe their existence to the relatively new technology of constructive effective glazing. Wherever transparency and natural light are desired, glass facades and roofs are used, enabling an architecture of great lightness and elegance. Approximately 25 international projects from the past five years are presented along with their distinctive constructional details. The precise description of the buildings is enhanced with many pictures and scaled detailed drawings. The choice of buildings includes diverse types of construction and utilization and presents the full palette of contemporary glass technology. The book which, among other things, tries to be a collection of ideas for designers thus offers a comprehensive, technologically up-to-date presentation of the possibilities of building with glass.