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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... Dubai skyline is almost permanently or marginalized in this debate . The dotted with construction cranes local population represents a fraction of the total population of the city . Dubai is claimed by more foreigners than its ...
... Dubai skyline is almost permanently or marginalized in this debate . The dotted with construction cranes local population represents a fraction of the total population of the city . Dubai is claimed by more foreigners than its ...
Page 88
... Dubai The traditional forces that shaped other cities are much less relevant in Dubai . Transport , rivers or proximity to raw materials do not constitute any of the major factors that are developing the city . Unlike many cities in ...
... Dubai The traditional forces that shaped other cities are much less relevant in Dubai . Transport , rivers or proximity to raw materials do not constitute any of the major factors that are developing the city . Unlike many cities in ...
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... Dubai itself . Dubai is complicit with a broader deception . Rather than playing on the false symbolic nature of ' future living with local roots ' , Dubai should declare itself unreal in opposition to the real world outside . By ...
... Dubai itself . Dubai is complicit with a broader deception . Rather than playing on the false symbolic nature of ' future living with local roots ' , Dubai should declare itself unreal in opposition to the real world outside . By ...
Contents
The History of Glass and its Architectural Identity | 1 |
Environmental Perspectives on Using Glass in Architecture | 17 |
Constructing Place Identity | 33 |
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Victorian Glassworlds : Glass Culture and the Imagination 1830-1880: Glass ... Isobel Armstrong No preview available - 2008 |