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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... glassmaking, although the industry was kept alive through a strong protection of the trade by the glassmakers. The secrecy of its technological knowledge was kept by kings and monasteries and added to the mystery of this wonderful ...
... glassmaking, although the industry was kept alive through a strong protection of the trade by the glassmakers. The secrecy of its technological knowledge was kept by kings and monasteries and added to the mystery of this wonderful ...
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... glassmaking. This invention was to enable the glazing of large windows (de conjungendis et solidandis fenestris), a technology that brought glass into the history of architecture. Examination of ancient pieces revealed that four main ...
... glassmaking. This invention was to enable the glazing of large windows (de conjungendis et solidandis fenestris), a technology that brought glass into the history of architecture. Examination of ancient pieces revealed that four main ...
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... glassmakers set up glasshouses in Northumbria in AD 676. The abbot of Jarrow continued, however, to ask for help with glassmaking from other sources – one was Archbishop Lullus of Mainz in the Rhineland (AD 758). Further south, in Spain ...
... glassmakers set up glasshouses in Northumbria in AD 676. The abbot of Jarrow continued, however, to ask for help with glassmaking from other sources – one was Archbishop Lullus of Mainz in the Rhineland (AD 758). Further south, in Spain ...
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... glassmaking during this period. Theophilus' book, combined with a careful study of what is left of the great stained-glass windows in the European cathedrals, can help us in describing the state of the art of glass technology between ...
... glassmaking during this period. Theophilus' book, combined with a careful study of what is left of the great stained-glass windows in the European cathedrals, can help us in describing the state of the art of glass technology between ...
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... Glassmaking was later established in Antwerp, on which source the English glass industry relied. The glass technology in Antwerp at that time was well presented in its Town Hall (Figure 1.7). The façade shows large windows set in stone ...
... Glassmaking was later established in Antwerp, on which source the English glass industry relied. The glass technology in Antwerp at that time was well presented in its Town Hall (Figure 1.7). The façade shows large windows set in stone ...
Contents
Environmental Perspectives on Using Glass | |
Constructing Place Identity | |
Structures of Power | |
A Technical Review | |
Rethinking Identity | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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