Cultures of Glass ArchitectureWhen 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. |
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... building , Germany ( Walter Gropius , 1928 ) :: 2 . xii xii 112SON 5 6 7 7 10 11 11 12 12 1.13 Private house in Berlin ( Wassili and Hans Luckhardt , 1928 ) 12 2.1 An exaggerated example of the architectural concept of ascending to ...
... building , New York ( 1951-52 ) 66 5.9b Early use of pink - grey glass at the Seagram building , New York ( 1954-58 ) 5.10 Transfer of heat through low - e double - glazing systems Multi - layered film assembly 71 5.12 Spectrally ...
... buildings to be fully glazed and that all ' old - style ' buildings that incorporated external shading devices and balconies should be demolished . Glass façades were their perception of development . Such an attitude continued to ...
... buildings in Liverpool . As I entered the cathedral , the colours of the glass windows in yet another religious building had less impact on me than those of Amiens Cathedral or Notre Dame . This was not simply because of the negative ...
... buildings . Clarity and transparency were the new adopted values . The modern movement built on these ideals and the ... building systems work in serving the users and reflecting their cultures . The question of cultural identity is ...
Contents
The History of Glass and its Architectural Identity | 1 |
Environmental Perspectives on Using Glass in Architecture | 17 |
Constructing Place Identity | 33 |
Structures of Power | 45 |
A Technical Review | 57 |
Rethinking Identity | 85 |
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