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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... nature throughout history . Vitruvius described this integrative relationship of façades with nature in the primitive hut analogy ( Vitruvius 1960 : 38 ) , where metaphoric as well as physical processions between the insides and ...
... nature throughout history . Vitruvius described this integrative relationship of façades with nature in the primitive hut analogy ( Vitruvius 1960 : 38 ) , where metaphoric as well as physical processions between the insides and ...
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... nature , which values architecture that only follows natural laws and the unaltered characteristics of natural materials . Architects who promote this approach cannot , therefore , tolerate extensive use of glass in architecture because ...
... nature , which values architecture that only follows natural laws and the unaltered characteristics of natural materials . Architects who promote this approach cannot , therefore , tolerate extensive use of glass in architecture because ...
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... nature of techne and described how the arts activities themselves constitute the end ( Nessbaum 1989 : 99 ) . The technical qualities of glass façades , with their universality , precision , learnability and explanatory characteristics ...
... nature of techne and described how the arts activities themselves constitute the end ( Nessbaum 1989 : 99 ) . The technical qualities of glass façades , with their universality , precision , learnability and explanatory characteristics ...
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 |