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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... industry thrives in stable environments . Chapter 1 reviews the history of glassworking and shows how the glass industry flourished with trade across the harmonious material culture of the eastern Mediterranean . The turmoil of the ...
... industry thrives in stable environments . Chapter 1 reviews the history of glassworking and shows how the glass industry flourished with trade across the harmonious material culture of the eastern Mediterranean . The turmoil of the ...
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... industry produced cast and cut bowls in colourless or greenish glass . The Hellenistic period also witnessed surges in the glass industry in the major settlements around the eastern Mediterranean coast , including Alexandria , Sidon ...
... industry produced cast and cut bowls in colourless or greenish glass . The Hellenistic period also witnessed surges in the glass industry in the major settlements around the eastern Mediterranean coast , including Alexandria , Sidon ...
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... industry , representing visual reflections of systems of production . This mechanistic approach , which also forms the main ideology of the modern movement , is usually welcomed by the construction industry as it always endeavours to ...
... industry , representing visual reflections of systems of production . This mechanistic approach , which also forms the main ideology of the modern movement , is usually welcomed by the construction industry as it always endeavours to ...
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 |