Main entry:

Wigginton, Michael.

Title & Author:

Glass in architecture / Michael Wigginton.

Publication:

London : Phaidon, ©1996.

Description:

320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 x 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-309) and index.
History and the architectural context -- Glass technology -- Glass in architecture -- Willis faber & dumas building, 1975 / Foster associates ipswich, england -- Corning museum, 1980 / Gunnar birkerts & associates corning, new york -- Allied bank tower, 1986 / I m pei and partners fountain place, dallas -- The pyramids at the louvre, 1988 / I m pei and partners, paris -- Garden grove community church, 1980 / Johnson/burgee architects, garden grove, california -- Provincial government offices and law courts complex, 1980 / Arthur erickson architects, vancouver -- IBM travelling pavilion, 1986 / Renzo piano building workshop -- Iloyd's building, 1986 / Richard rogers partnership london -- Occidental chemical center, 1980 / Cannon design, with hellmuth obata and kassabaum niagara falls, new york -- Business promotion centre, 1993 / Sir norman foster and partners duisburg, germany -- RWE AG headquarters, 1996 / Ingenhoven, overdiek und partner, essen, germany -- Glass walls -- 'les serres', 1986 / Adrien fainsilber cite des sciences et de l'industrie, parc de la villette, paris -- Glass music hall, 1990 / Pieter zaanen with mick eekhout, amsterdam -- Banque populaire de l'ouest, 1990 / Odile decq and benoit cornette montgermont, rennes -- Waterloo international terminal, 1993 / Nicholas grimshaw & partners, london -- Western morning news building, 1982 / Nicholas grimshaw & partners, plymouth -- Benthem house, 1984 / Benthem and crouwel almere, the netherlands -- Sculpture pavilion, 1986 / Benthem and crouwel sonsbeek, the netherlands -- House extension, hampstead, 1992 / Rick mather, london -- Joseph staircase, 1989 / Eva jiricna, london -- The future: materials, intelligence and responsibility -- Materials and performance -- Glass manufacture -- Manufacturing sectors -- Other glasses and glass products -- The transparent plastics.
British Library not licensed to copy 0.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Glass in Architecture explores how glass has made its unique contribution to architectural design. It reviews the history of the material from its beginnings to the present day, and goes on to describe what glass is and why it performs the way it does, how it is made, and its many variations. Then central section of the book presents twenty international case studies of contemporary glass architecture, each building illustrated with full-colour photographs and detail drawings, to show the range of the application of glass in a variety of situations, large and small. The potential for the future is also explored, 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.

ISBN:

0714829226
9780714829227
071484098X (pbk.)
9780714840987 (pbk.)
0714820226

Subject:

Glass construction.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Construction en verre.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern
Glasbau
Bouwkunst.
Glas.
Glass, Ornamental

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 192549
Call No.: IDM NA4140.W54; ID:97-B3636
Status: Available