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Glass structures are being built ever more frequently all over the world, in a growing architectural trend towards light, transparency and sustainability. The engineering design of laminated glass elements being profoundly influenced by properties of interlayers, this multi-scale research highlights some among the key elements on the hyperelastic and viscoplastic response of such synthetic materials. Results and new discoveries are interpreted to better model and predict the response of laminated glass structures: examples are provided for design applications to post-failure safety assessments, structural design and cold-bending techniques. Still, in a vastly unknown field, a growing market and foggy regulatory framework, many challenges and research opportunities remain to be dealt with.
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Glass is a popular cladding material for modern buildings. The trend for steel-framed, glass-clad buildings instead of those using traditional materials such as brick and concrete has inherent problems. These include, for example, the performance of architectural glass in extreme climatic events such as windstorms and heavy snow loads and also during earthquakes. This book reviews the state-of-the-art in glass and glazing technology to resist failure due to these natural events.Building code seismic requirements for architectural glass in the United States are considered first of all,
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Der Glasbau ist eines der innovativsten und abwechslungsreichsten Gebiete der Baukonstruktion. Glas verbindet Außen- und Innenräume - gleichzeitig schützt es den Innenraum vor der Außenwelt. Die konstruktiven Möglichkeiten des Materials reichen weit über klassische Fensterkonstruktionen hinaus. So verfügen spezielle Gläser über erstaunliche physikalische Eigenschaften und lassen sich so vielfältig und kreativ einsetzen.Themen: Baustoff Glas Verarbeitung und Veredelung Anwendungsbereiche Konstruktionsarten Anschlüsse / Befestigungen Glass Construction is one of the most varied and innovative areas of structural design. Glass connects exterior and interior spaces; at the same time, it protects the interior space from the outside world. Its constructional possibilities go far beyond classical window constructions. Special glasses possess astonishing physical characteristics and can thus be used in varied and creative ways.Topics: Glass as building material Processing and finishing Applications Construction types Connections / Mountings
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Drawing on a number of modern and heritage design projects from Europe, the USA, the Middle East and South East Asia, this book examines the role of 'glass architecture' in the economic and social development of regional towns and local places. The book argues that adopting a more 'global' aesthetic can lead to the destruction of a place's cohesive identity and a discontinuity of heritage with little or no social or economic gain.
Glass construction. --- Architecture and globalization. --- Globalization and architecture --- Globalization --- Glass architecture --- Glass as structural material --- Glass in architecture --- Building
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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.
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Glass construction --- Vision --- Glass --- Vision in literature. --- Glass in literature. --- Russian literature --- Social aspects --- History and criticism.
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Glass construction --- Architecture, Modern --- Architectural glass --- Modern architecture --- Glass architecture --- Glass as structural material --- Glass in architecture --- Building --- Building materials --- Glass --- 2000 - 2099
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"Built in 1853 in New York's Bryant Park and immediately pronounced the most beautiful structure in America, the Crystal Palace was intended not simply to emulate but rival the famous Victorian landmark in London's Hyde Park. As with its English counterpart, however, its beauty was ephemeral. It caught fire, and on October 5, 1858, "great waves of lurid light" overtook spectators and those rushing to save it. Within thirty minutes, the beloved dome was nothing but a heap of smoldering debris. In his latest book, Edwin G. Burrows, winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for History and co-author of GOTHAM: A History of New York to 1898, offers a memorable and elegiac look at the Crystal Palace. While it didn't match in dimension Robert Paxton's London original--the scale of which was truly colossal--the New York version became a beloved landmark almost from the instant of its creation. Centerpiece of the 1853 World's Fair, it was home to numerous exhibitions and became a showplace for displaying the growing industrial might of the nation. Walt Whitman rhapsodized about it as "Earth's modern wonder, History's Seven outstripping." Its sudden loss provoked intense mourning-matched only perhaps by the razing of the old Penn Station a century later-and then gradually it slipped from memory. The Finest Building in America will evoke the Crystal Palace's life and times, replete with beautiful period images. The first book-length account of the building's short but glorious life, Burrows book aims to restore it in the minds and hearts of New Yorkers and New York aficionados and fans everywhere"--
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International monograph about this outstanding New York architect, engineer and artist. James Carpenters Arbeiten sind eine ungewöhnliche Verbindung aus Architektur und Kunst. Seine Glasfassaden - u.a. für das Deutsche Auswärtige Amt in Berlin - spielen ein Spiel mit Licht, Reflektion und Refraktion. Sie lenken unseren Blick nach außen oder schaffen je nach Sonnenstand wechselnde Eindrücke für den Passanten. Carpenter hat auch Kurzfilme und Video-Installationen geschaffen und sich dort vor allem mit Themen der Ökologie auseinandergesetzt. Er zeichnet für die Fassade des World Trade Center 7 verantwortlich, dem ersten Hochhaus, das auf dem Ground Zero-Gelände in New York im Oktober 2005 fertiggestellt werden wird. Weitere Arbeiten sind der Moiré Treppenturm im Post Tower in Bonn, das Tulane University Student Center in New Orleans und das Dichroic Light Field, eine Installation an einem Hochhaus an der Columbus Avenue in New York. Sandro Marpillero, geboren 1955 in Italien, ist Architekt und schreibt regelmäßig für die Architekturzeitschriften A+U, Casabella, Rassegna und Lotus International. Er unterrichtet als Associate Professor an der Columbia University in New York.
Carpenter, James, 1949- -- Criticism and interpretation. --- Glass construction. --- Glass sculpture. --- Light in architecture. --- Glass construction --- Glass sculpture --- Light in architecture --- Architecture --- Art, Architecture & Applied Arts --- Carpenter, James, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Lighting, Architectural and decorative --- Sculpture, Glass --- Glass art --- Sculpture --- Glass architecture --- Glass as structural material --- Glass in architecture --- Building --- Carpenter, Jamie,
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