Clear Glass, Creating New Perspectives

VAN UFFELEN, Chris

ISBN 10: 3037680032 / ISBN 13: 9783037680032

Published by Braun, 2009

About this Item

256pp, square quarto. light scratch to rear cover, tight binding, clean throughout, Very Good-.

Seller Inventory # 107340

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Clear Glass, Creating New Perspectives
• Publisher: Braun
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3037680032
• ISBN 13: 9783037680032
• Binding: HARDCOVER
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Seller catalogs:
  • ART - ARCHITECTURE

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Synopsis

Glass stands for openness and transparency. In contemporary glass architecture these associations are utilized in a subtle and highly intentional way. Some buildings appear low-key and reduced to express elegance and seriousness, other provide deep insights to set a stage for profiling and a vivid exchange between inside and outside. In either case innovative glass buildings generate unexpected perspectives, individual communication channels and a temporary feeling of freedom in an actually closed spatiality. In this title about 60 projects from

From the Back Cover

The importance of glass in the search of light and warmth throughout the history of architecture is unmatched. Today, glass still is and continues to be one of the most essential and versatile materials. In addition to its use for façade design, it is applied as a structural element, is able to present itself in the widest range of textures and colors and exhibits novel properties revealed by modern technology.

Using impressive photographs, drawings and sketches as well as informed texts, Clear Glass explores the timelessness and ceaseless fascination achieved by this translucent material. The book encompasses various architectural typologies and presents prestigious and innovative contemporary architectural projects from around the world.