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Flat glass opens up more possibilities for the planner than virtually any other material. Because of the technological complexity of using it, however, no specific structural forms have been developed for glass supporting frameworks as they have been for wood, concrete, and steel. This book is thus the first to present a coherent guide to the planning and design of glass supporting frameworks. The focus is on the pressure-resistant, flat supporting element as a basic building block for broad supporting structures. The spatial and constructive forms of multifunctional, self-supporting glass envelopes are vividly illustrated and systematically explained. The constructions presented exhibit new aesthetic qualities, based not on the dictum of "dematerialization" but on the poetry of gleaming and transparent planes. They ring in a new chapter in the history of glass architecture. Kaum ein anderes Material eröffnet dem Planer so viele Möglichkeiten wie Flachglas. Durch die technologische Komplexität des Baustoffs in der Anwendung wurden jedoch bisher im Gegensatz zum Beton-, Stahl- oder Holzbau keine spezifischen Strukturformen für Glastragwerke entwickelt und ausgeführt. Mit diesem Buch wird somit erstmals eine zusammenhängende Anleitung zum Planen und Gestalten von Glastragwerken vorgelegt. Im Zentrum steht dabei das druckfeste, flächige Tragelement als Grundbaustein für weit gespannte Tragstrukturen. Dabei werden die Entwurfsparameter für Raum- und Konstruktionsformen multifunktionaler, selbsttragender Glashüllen systematisch und anschaulich erklärt. Die präsentierten Konstruktionen zeigen neue ästhetische Qualitäten auf, die nicht auf dem Diktum der "Entmaterialisierung", sondern auf der Poesie leuchtender, durchscheinender Flächen beruhen und somit ein neues Kapitel in der Glasarchitektur einläuten.

Glass --- Glass construction --- 691.6 --- 692.23 --- Glasconstructies --- Bouwmaterialen ; glas --- Architectuur ; details ; translucente materialen ; 21ste eeuw --- Glass architecture --- Glass as structural material --- Glass in architecture --- Building --- Amorphous substances --- Ceramics --- Glazing --- 691.6 Glass. Window glass. Plate glass. Enamel etc. --- Glass. Window glass. Plate glass. Enamel etc. --- 692.23 Exterior, external walls. Enclosing walls above ground generally. Walls in elevation. Façades --- Exterior, external walls. Enclosing walls above ground generally. Walls in elevation. Façades --- Bouwmaterialen ; glas, vensterglas, spiegelglas --- Glass construction. --- Glass. --- Safety glass. --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil Engineering

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Facades. --- Façades --- Murs extérieurs --- Détails (architecture) --- Matériaux --- Innovations technologiques --- 692.2 --- 691 --- 692.23 --- 692.232 --- Gevelconstructies ; buitenmuren --- Wanden ; muren ; gevelbekleding --- Onderdelen en constructie-elementen van gebouwen --- Architectuur ; industrieel design ; 21ste eeuw ; nieuwe materialen --- Gevels --- Buitenmuren --- Building materials. Building components --- Exterior, external walls. Enclosing walls above ground generally. Walls in elevation. Façades --- Constructie-elementen van gebouwen ; buitenmuren ; bekleding --- 692.23 Exterior, external walls. Enclosing walls above ground generally. Walls in elevation. Façades --- 691 Building materials. Building components --- Façades --- Facades --- Architectural fronts --- Fronts (Architecture) --- Architecture --- Exterior walls --- Details --- Façade --- Façades. --- Murs extérieurs. --- Innovations technologiques. --- Murs extérieurs. --- Détails (architecture) --- Matériaux

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Space and form have dominated architecture for a long time. Nowadays, materiality has great currency in contemporary architecture and in architectural education. The choice of architectural materials has never been greater and architects use materials in innovative ways as never before. [This book] catalogues 200 different surface materials in eight families: wood, natural stone, fired man-made stone, unfired man-made stone, glass, metal, plastics and future materials. Each individual sample material is shown on the right-hand pages via a very detailed, full-page and full-colour picture, which gives the reader the impression that he is standing right in front of the actual material. On each opposite page the book shows examples of striking usage by architects and a description of the specific physical and sensory characteristics of the material. Each material family is introduced by an illustrated essay highlighting the general characteristics and history of the material as it is used in architecture. [This book] is in extent, visual quality and practical information an unsurpassed source of information on architectural surfaces for professionals.

Building materials. Building technology --- façades --- materials [matter] --- Architecture --- Structural parts and elements of building --- building materials --- bouwmaterialen --- Architecture. --- Building materials. --- Surfaces (Technology) --- Exterior walls. --- Construction --- Surfaces (Technologie) --- Murs extérieurs --- Matériaux --- Exterior walls --- Surfaces (technologie) --- Technologie --- Design and construction. --- 691 --- 692.23 --- 72.036 --- 692.2 --- 692 --- Building materials. Building components --- Exterior, external walls. Enclosing walls above ground generally. Walls in elevation. Façades --- Moderne bouwkunst. Architectuur van de 20e eeuw --- Wanden --- Gevels --- Muren --- Buitenmuren --- Constructiedelen --- Bouwmaterialen (architectuur) --- 72.036 Moderne bouwkunst. Architectuur van de 20e eeuw --- 692.23 Exterior, external walls. Enclosing walls above ground generally. Walls in elevation. Façades --- 691 Building materials. Building components --- Murs extérieurs --- Matériaux --- Murs extérieurs. --- Technologie. --- Matériaux. --- Murs extérieurs.

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The Ecologies of the Building Envelope theorizes the building envelope as a literal embodiment of the social, political, technological, and economic contingencies which have become embedded within it over the last century, analyzing the historical lineages, heroes and villains that helped define the complex material ecologies we see within the envelope today. While the facade is one of the most thoroughly theorized elements of architecture, it is also one of the most questioned since the end of the 19th century. Within the discipline of architecture, the traditional understanding of the facade focuses primarily on semiotic and compositional operations (such as proportional laws and linguistic codes) which are deployed on the building's surface. Rather than producing a stylistic analysis of the facade, we investigate the historical lineages of the performances, components, assembly types, and material entanglements that constitute the contemporary building envelope.

Building envelope --- Building materials --- History. --- Environmental aspects. --- Surfaces. --- Peinture et décoration murales --- Murs extérieurs --- Murs-rideaux --- Construction durable --- Exterior walls --- Facades --- Architectural materials --- Architecture --- Building --- Building supplies --- Buildings --- Construction materials --- Structural materials --- Materials --- External walls --- Walls --- Architectural fronts --- Fronts (Architecture) --- Social aspects --- Economic aspects --- Details --- 692.23 --- 72.038 --- 72.037 --- Gevelconstructies ; buitenmuren --- Architectuur ; socio-economische aspecten --- Constructie-elementen van gebouwen ; buitenmuren, gevels --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1950 - 2000 --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1900 - 1950 --- Mural painting and decoration --- Curtain walls --- Sustainable construction --- Façades --- 69 --- 691 --- 692 --- 574 --- Bouwtechniek --- Bouwmaterialen (architectuur) --- Materialen (design) --- Constructie-elementen --- Ecologie & bioverscheidenheid --- 692.2 --- 691.504 --- 692.23 Exterior, external walls. Enclosing walls above ground generally. Walls in elevation. Façades --- Exterior, external walls. Enclosing walls above ground generally. Walls in elevation. Façades --- 691 Building materials. Building components --- Building materials. Building components --- 692.2 Walls. Partitions --- Walls. Partitions --- 691.504 Building materials and the environment. Sustainable building materials --- Building materials and the environment. Sustainable building materials --- Exterior walls - Social aspects --- Exterior walls - Economic aspects --- Building materials - Social aspects --- Building materials - Economic aspects --- Peinture et décoration murales --- Murs extérieurs