Glass in Building

Principles, Applications, Examples

"Glass in Building" opens up a whole range of fascinating design possibilities for the planning architect. Glass has long served as a translucent room closing element, but its range of possible uses is actually much wider. It not only offers protection against the external world, for example, noise or fire; despite its apparent fragility, it can even take on load-bearing functions in supporting structures. In combination with various different finishing methods, materials, and coatings, it also satisfies exacting structural-physical standards. "Glass in Building" offers a clear, compact, and illustrated overview of the material-appropriate use of this varied and versatile material in building construction and provides information that goes far beyond the basics on designing with glass and producing and using specialized glass products, as well as on the building and planning regulations that must be taken into account when constructing with glass. A selection of exemplary realized projects rounds out the theoretical section.

About the authors
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Weller is a professor of structural theory and director of the Institute for Construction at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the TU Dresden (Dresden University of Technology). Dipl.-Ing. Architekt Stefan Unnewehr, Dipl.-Ing. Silke Tasche, and Dipl.-Ing. Kristina Härth are research associates at the Institute for Construction at the TU Dresden.

Glass in Building
Principles, Applications, Examples
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Weller, Dipl.-Ing. Architekt Stefan Unnewehr,
Dipl.-Ing. Silke Tasche, Dipl.-Ing. Kristina Härth
2009, English
Soft cover, 112 pages
94 color, 162 b/w illustrations
ISBN: 978-3-0346-0132-0
€ 36.30

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- Birkhäuser Verlag - www.birkhauser-architecture.com