Glass Structures

Jan Wurm

ISBN 10: 3764376082 / ISBN 13: 9783764376086

Published by Birkhauser, CH, 2007

About this Item

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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Glass Structures
• Publisher: Birkhauser, CH
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764376082
• ISBN 13: 9783764376086
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 22.86W x 2.54H x 29.85D centimeters 22.86 centimeters width by 2.54 centimeters height by 29.85 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1459 grams

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Synopsis

This book is 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.

About the Author

Jan Wurm works for Arup Materials and Arup Facade Engineering in London as an architect, designer, and project manager.