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Glass construction --- Architectural glass --- Architectural glass. --- Glass construction.

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Glass offers a wide variety of possible applications for the realization of even the most ambitious designs in architecture, and in the past two decades it has experienced an unparalleled burst of innovation. For planners, this means working constantly with this high-performance material. In compact and appealing form, the completely revised Glass Construction Manual presents the current state of the art on planning and building with glass, from the history through the technical foundations all the way to the most innovative applications. Astonishing perspectives on thermal insulation and solar protection and the addition of thoughtfully selected new practical examples round off this comprehensive reference work.

Glass construction. --- Architecture, Modern --- Architecture --- Glass architecture --- Glass as structural material --- Glass in architecture --- Building --- History

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The concept of tomorrow's towns and cities will be based on new social, economic and technological ideals focused on improving the quality of life. To attain this objective, architects and engineers of today must improve the quality of buildings and establish new principles of building conception. The quality of interior space and the impact of a building on its surroundings depends strongly on the physical interface that separates the outer environment from the inner building space. The conception and realisation of this interface (the envelope) are, therefore, of prime importance.

Building materials --- Building --- Glass construction --- Glass architecture --- Glass as structural material --- Glass in architecture --- Building research --- Research.

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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