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Terms and conditions applyClear Glass: Presenting New Perspectives
Chris van Uffelen
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Format: Book
Pages: 256
Publisher: Verlagshaus Braun
Date Published: Feb 2009
Stock Code: 66622
Binding: Hardback
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Using impressive photographs drawings and sketches as well as informed texts, Clear Glass explores the timelessness and ceaseless fascination achieved bythe use ofglass in building design. The book encompasses various architectural typologies and presents prestigious and innovative contemporary architectural projects like Berlin Main Station by gmp, Prospect Park Condominium by Richard Meier and London City Hall by Foster + Partners.
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 faade design, it is applied as a structural element, is able to present itself in the widest range of textures and colours and exhibits novel properties revealed by modern technology.
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