Great Glass Building
Images Publishing Dist A/C | ISBN: 1864701129 | 228 Pages | PDF | 51 Mb
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.
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