Main entry:

Crosbie, Michael J.

Title & Author:

Curtain walls : recent developments by Cesar Pelli & Associates / Michael J. Crosbie.

Publication:

Basel, Switzerland ; Boston [Mass.] : Birkhäuser, 2005.

Description:

184 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
The art and craft of Cesar Pelli's curtain walls -- [Pt. 1] Glass: -- Torre BankBoston, Buenos Aires -- Cheung Kong Center, Hong Kong -- 1500 Louisiana, Houston -- International Finance Centre, Hong Kong -- Overture Center, Madison -- National Museum of Art, Osaka -- Schuster Performing Arts Center, Dayton -- Cira Centre, Philadelphia -- Central Library, Minneapolis -- Torre de Cristal, Madrid -- Citigroup Tower, London -- [Pt. 2] Metal: -- One Canada Square Tower, London -- JP Morgan Chase, San Francisco -- 731 Lexington Avenue, New York -- Edificio República, Buenos Aires -- Mori Office Tower, Tokyo -- NTT Headquarters, Tokyo -- Plaza Tower, Costa Mesa -- Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur -- [Pt. 3] Stone: -- Forest Residential Tower, Tokyo -- 1900 K Street, Washington -- 40 Bank Street, London -- Nakanoshima Mitsui Building, Osaka.

Summary:

"This book presents 23 exemplary projects by Cesar Pelli & Associates, one of the most accomplished practitioners of curtain wall design. Arranged by material - glass, metal, stone - the conception and development of each individual facade is revealed. All construction details are comprehensively documented in numerous drawings and photographs."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Cover

ISBN:

3764370831 (alk. paper)
9783764370831 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Pelli, Cesar Themes, motives.
Pelli, Cesar.
Cesar Pelli and Associates.
Cesar Pelli & Associates Architects
Curtain walls.
Murs-rideaux.
curtain walls (nonbearing walls)
Themes, motives.
Vorhangwand

Form/genre:

Bildband.

Added entries:

Pelli, Cesar.
Cesar Pelli and Associates.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 243164
Call No.: BIB 172960
Status: Available