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Glass Structures: Design and Construction of Self-supporting Skins

Glass Structures: Design and Construction of Self-supporting Skins
By Jan Wurm

Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Number Of Pages: 255
Publication Date: 2007-08-17
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3764376082
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783764376086
Binding: Hardcover

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

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