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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... glass façades in place making 3.8 The Great Palm House, Schõnbrunn Castle, Vienna (Franz von Sengenschmid, 1880) 3.9 Lady Chapel, Hereford Cathedral (1250) 4.1 Destruction of Sarajevo Library 4.2 Re-introduction of glass façades in ...
... glass façades in place making 3.8 The Great Palm House, Schõnbrunn Castle, Vienna (Franz von Sengenschmid, 1880) 3.9 Lady Chapel, Hereford Cathedral (1250) 4.1 Destruction of Sarajevo Library 4.2 Re-introduction of glass façades in ...
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... 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 surprise ...
... 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 surprise ...
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... glass façades. Chapter 2 looks at the history of the troubled relationship between glass façades and the environment. The discussion inevitably leads to the investigation of concepts such as beauty, techne, ethics and aesthetics ...
... glass façades. Chapter 2 looks at the history of the troubled relationship between glass façades and the environment. The discussion inevitably leads to the investigation of concepts such as beauty, techne, ethics and aesthetics ...
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... façade. Façades, the architectural representations of cultures, are key ingredients in creating a visual identity of a place. 1.1 The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt (2723 BC) A. Glassworks: The History of Glass and its Architectural Identity.
... façade. Façades, the architectural representations of cultures, are key ingredients in creating a visual identity of a place. 1.1 The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt (2723 BC) A. Glassworks: The History of Glass and its Architectural Identity.
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... Glass was again the tool in this description. Corbusier described his skyscrapers that 'raise immense geometrical façades all of glass, and in term reflected the blue glory of the sky ... immense but radiant prisms' (Le Corbusier 1987 ...
... Glass was again the tool in this description. Corbusier described his skyscrapers that 'raise immense geometrical façades all of glass, and in term reflected the blue glory of the sky ... immense but radiant prisms' (Le Corbusier 1987 ...
Contents
Environmental Perspectives on Using Glass | |
Constructing Place Identity | |
Structures of Power | |
A Technical Review | |
Rethinking Identity | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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