Glass Structures

Jan Wurm

ISBN 10: 3764376082 / ISBN 13: 9783764376086

Published by Birkh?user Architecture, 2007

About this Item

A guide to the planning and design of glass supporting frameworks. It focuses on the pressure-resistant, flat supporting element as a basic building block for broad supporting structures. Num Pages: 255 pages, 401 black & white illustrations, 490 colour illustrations, 401 schw.-w. u. 490 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: AMC; TDCQ; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 305 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1498. . 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9783764376086

Bibliographic Details

Title: Glass Structures

Publisher: Birkh?user Architecture

Publication Date: 2007

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

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.

About the Authors:

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

Jan Wurm arbeitet als Architekt, Designer und Projektmanager bei Arup Materials und Arup Facade Engineering in London.