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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... Glazed Spaces: Constructing Place Identity 4 Shattered Glass: Structures of Power 5 Seeing Through Glass: A Technical Review 6 A Glazed Future: Rethinking Identity Bibliography Index List of Figures and Tables Figures P. 1 Aerial view.
... Glazed Spaces: Constructing Place Identity 4 Shattered Glass: Structures of Power 5 Seeing Through Glass: A Technical Review 6 A Glazed Future: Rethinking Identity Bibliography Index List of Figures and Tables Figures P. 1 Aerial view.
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... structure of liquids rather than the crystallized structure of metals. It was not until the seventeenth century that. 1.2 A window in Karnak Temple, Luxor (1198 BC) The Birth of Glass 1.3 Transparent goblets of crystal from Saqqara ...
... structure of liquids rather than the crystallized structure of metals. It was not until the seventeenth century that. 1.2 A window in Karnak Temple, Luxor (1198 BC) The Birth of Glass 1.3 Transparent goblets of crystal from Saqqara ...
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... structure; instead they could be pierced to provide light to the formerly deep dark interiors. The walls of churches and cathedrals became narrators of biblical and local cultures. The development of stained-glass techniques has. 1.5 An ...
... structure; instead they could be pierced to provide light to the formerly deep dark interiors. The walls of churches and cathedrals became narrators of biblical and local cultures. The development of stained-glass techniques has. 1.5 An ...
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... structures remained the same. During this period, the building of orangeries flourished throughout Europe. Olivier de Serres (the skilful French gardener from whose name the French word for glasshouses, serres, derives) described the ...
... structures remained the same. During this period, the building of orangeries flourished throughout Europe. Olivier de Serres (the skilful French gardener from whose name the French word for glasshouses, serres, derives) described the ...
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... structures also included grand private conservatories such as Syon House, Middlesex, designed by Charles Fowler in 1827, and the grand conservatory at Alton Towers, Staffordshire, by Robert Abraham in 1827. The rise of interest in ...
... structures also included grand private conservatories such as Syon House, Middlesex, designed by Charles Fowler in 1827, and the grand conservatory at Alton Towers, Staffordshire, by Robert Abraham in 1827. The rise of interest in ...
Contents
Environmental Perspectives on Using Glass | |
Constructing Place Identity | |
Structures of Power | |
A Technical Review | |
Rethinking Identity | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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