Glassblockand Architecture
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Glassblockand Architecture
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Author : Rossella Corrao
language : it
Publisher: Alinea Editrice
Release Date : 2010
Glassblockand Architecture written by Rossella Corrao and has been published by Alinea Editrice this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Architecture categories.
Building Walls Of Light
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Building Walls Of Light written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
The purpose of this work is to expand upon an under-researched building material, and how its history fits into, and impacted, the larger history of American architecture. A chronological timeline of glass block development and some of the most influential buildings and events related to the material will provide the framework for the thesis. In addition to this chronological framework, a discussion of important themes, ideas, and trends in glass block will supplement the history. Some important themes include: glass block's ability to build walls of light; glass block as a symbol of progress and modernity; the two aesthetic paths of the glass block use in the 1930s; the illumination of glass block and its use as advertisement; and the material's rise and fall in popularity.
Cultures Of Glass Architecture
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Author : Hisham Elkadi
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-13
Cultures Of Glass Architecture written by Hisham Elkadi and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-13 with Architecture categories.
When designing, architects are responding to and creating a relationship between identity, culture and architectural style. This book discusses whether the extent of the use of glass facades has increased, or indeed enhanced, the creation of meaningful place-making, thereby creating a cultural identity of 'place'. Looking at the development of perceptions of glass facades in different cultures, it shows how modernist 'glass' buildings are perceived as an expression of technical achievement, as symbols of global economic success and as setting a neutral platform for multi-cultural societies - all of which are difficult for urban developers and policy makers to resist in our era of globalization. Drawing on a number of modern and heritage design projects from Europe, the USA, the Middle East and South East Asia, the book reviews efforts of some regional towns and local places to move up the economic ladder by adopting a more 'global' aesthetic.
A Guide To Smithsonian Architecture
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Author : Heather Ewing
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Release Date : 2009-03-01
A Guide To Smithsonian Architecture written by Heather Ewing and has been published by Smithsonian Institution this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-01 with Architecture categories.
The buildings of the Smithsonian Institution not only contain impressive collections; they are themselves icons of great cultural significance, many of them part of the historic National Mall. The Smithsonian's unique buildings illustrate the changing styles and sensibilities of America as an evolving nation. Representing the work of major architects, each building evokes a specific time in history: the mid-19th-century turreted Castle, the sky-reflecting mid-century modern Air and Space Museum, and the golden, undulating, 21st-century American Indian Museum.
New Glass Architecture
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Author : Brent Richards
language : en
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Release Date : 2006
New Glass Architecture written by Brent Richards and has been published by Laurence King Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Architecture, Modern categories.
Much of modern architecture has been conceived using glass to create minimal structures. This book begins with an introduction that traces the history of glass in architecture and also describes the developments in glass technology. It also features specially commissioned photographs by the renowned architectural photographer, Dennis Gilbert.
Xyz
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Author : Dagmar Richter
language : en
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Release Date : 2001
Xyz written by Dagmar Richter and has been published by Princeton Architectural Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Architecture categories.
Dagmar Richter is radically reinventing urban design by giving voice to unusual elements-traces of a site's history, contemporary photos or drawings, and text or spoken words.
Glass In Architecture
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Author : Michael Wigginton
language : en
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Release Date : 2002-03-19
Glass In Architecture written by Michael Wigginton and has been published by Phaidon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-03-19 with Architecture categories.
An overview of the art and science of glass in architecture. This work provides a comprehensive overview of the art and science of glass use, demonstrating its historical importance in paving the way for a closer synergy between the designer and technologist. In addition to providing a historical context for glass architecture, the central section of the book presents 20 international detailed case studies of contemporary glass buildings showing the range of applications in a variety of situations, large and small. The book also explores the potential for the future, as new materials move from the abstract world of technical research into realization; a detailed appendix provides a full review of the science of glass, with a section on design and performance.
This Is Not Architecture
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Author : Kester Rattenbury
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-08-04
This Is Not Architecture written by Kester Rattenbury and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-04 with Architecture categories.
This is Not Architecture assembles architectural writers of different kinds - historians, theorists, journalists, computer game designers, technologists, film-makers and architects - to discuss the characteristics, cultures, limitations and bias of the different kinds of media, and to build up an argument as to how this complex culture of representations is constructed.
Analysing Architecture
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Author : Simon Unwin
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-12-30
Analysing Architecture written by Simon Unwin and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-30 with Architecture categories.
Now in its fifth edition, Analysing Architecture has become internationally established as the best introduction to architecture. Aimed primarily at those studying architecture, it offers a clear and accessible insight into the workings of this rich and fascinating subject. With copious illustrations from his own notebooks, the author dissects examples from around the world and all periods of history to explain the underlying strategies in architectural design and show how drawing may be used as a medium for analysis. In this new edition Analysing Architecture has been revised and expanded. Notably, the chapter on ‘How Analysis Can Help Design’ has been redeveloped to clearly explain this crucially important aspect of study to a beginner readership. Four new chapters have been added to the section dealing with Themes in Spatial Organisation, on ‘Axis’, ‘Grid’, ‘Datum Place’ and ‘Hidden’. Material from the 'Case Studies' in previous editions has been redistributed amongst earlier chapters. The ‘Introduction' has been completely rewritten; and the format of the whole book has been adjusted to allow for the inclusion of more and better illustrative examples. Works of architecture are instruments for managing, orchestrating, modifying our relationship with the world around us. They frame just about everything we do. Architecture is complex, subtle, frustrating... but ultimately extremely rewarding. It can be a difficult discipline to get to grips with; nothing in school quite prepares anyone for the particular demands of an architecture course. But this book will help.
Blurred Transparencies In Contemporary Glass Architecture
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Author : Aki Ishida
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-04-22
Blurred Transparencies In Contemporary Glass Architecture written by Aki Ishida and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-22 with Architecture categories.
Blurred Transparencies in Contemporary Glass Architecture brings to light complex readings of transparent glass through close observations of six pivotal works of architecture. Written from the perspectives of a practitioner, the six essays challenge assumptions about fragility and visual transparency of glass. A material imbued with idealism and utopic vision, glass has captured architects’ imagination, and glass’s fragility and difficulties in thermal control continue to present technical challenges. In recent decades, architecture has witnessed an emergence of technological advancements in chemical coating, structural engineering, and fabrication methods that resulted in new kinds of glass transparencies. Buildings examined in the book include a sanatorium with expansive windows delivering light and air to recovering tuberculosis patients, a pavilion with a crystal clear glass plenum circulating air for heating and cooling, a glass monument symbolizing the screen of personal devices that shortened the distance between machines and humans, and a glass building symbolizing the social and material intertwining in the glass ceiling metaphor. Connecting material glass to broader cultural and social contexts, Blurred Transparencies in Contemporary Glass Architecture enlightens students and practitioners of architecture as well as the general public with interest in design. The author demonstrates how glass is rarely crystal clear but is blurred both materially and metaphysically, revealing complex readings of ideas for which glass continues to stand.