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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... built environment research , motivated by enhanced information technology in the 1980s , a paradigm shift . Energy conservation was no longer the main priority . Energy efficiency had become the keyword . Rather than cutting back , the ...
... built environment research , motivated by enhanced information technology in the 1980s , a paradigm shift . Energy conservation was no longer the main priority . Energy efficiency had become the keyword . Rather than cutting back , the ...
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... built environment . Multi - cultural living becomes the norm in many world cities , but the rise of ethno - nationalism poses a threat to cohabiting . The understanding of the gestural nature of our cultural built environment is ...
... built environment . Multi - cultural living becomes the norm in many world cities , but the rise of ethno - nationalism poses a threat to cohabiting . The understanding of the gestural nature of our cultural built environment is ...
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... urban quality . With its new status , urban design is now an expanding discipline sitting amongst and bridging the gaps between the established built environment professions of architecture , planning , surveying , landscape ...
... urban quality . With its new status , urban design is now an expanding discipline sitting amongst and bridging the gaps between the established built environment professions of architecture , planning , surveying , landscape ...
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 |