Glass in Building: Principles, Applications, Examples (Detail Practice) - Hardcover

Weller, Bernhard; Unnewehr, Stefan; Tasche, Silke; H�rth, Kristina

9783034601320: Glass in Building: Principles, Applications, Examples (Detail Practice)

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ISBN 10: 3034601328 ISBN 13: 9783034601320

Publisher: Birkh�user, 2009

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Glass in Building opens up a whole range of fascinating design possibilities for the planning architect. Glass has long served as a translucent room closing element, but its range of possible uses is actually much wider. It not only offers protection against the external world, for example, noise or fire; despite its apparent fragility, it can even take on load-bearing functions in supporting structures. In combination with various different finishing methods, materials, and coatings, it also satisfies exacting structural-physical standards. Glass in Building offers a clear, compact, and illustrated overview of the material-appropriate use of this varied and versatile material in building construction and provides information that goes far beyond the basics on designing with glass and producing and using specialized glass products, as well as on the building and planning regulations that must be taken into account when constructing with glass. A selection of exemplary realized projects rounds out the theoretical section.

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About the Authors

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Weller is a professor of structural theory and director of the Institute for Construction at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the TU Dresden (Dresden University of Technology). Dipl.-Ing. Architekt Stefan Unnewehr, Dipl.-Ing. Silke Tasche, and Dipl.-Ing. Kristina H�rth are research associates at the Institute for Construction at the TU Dresden.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Weller ist Professor f�r Baukonstruktionslehre und Leiter des Institutes f�r Baukonstruktion an der Fakult�t Bauingenieurwesen der TU Dresden.

Dipl.-Ing. Architekt Stefan Unnewehr, Dipl.-Ing. Silke Tasche und Dipl.-Ing. Kristina H�rth sind als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter am Institut f�r Baukonstruktion der TU Dresden t�tig.

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