Translucent Materials : : Glass, Plastics, Metals / / ed. by Frank Kaltenbach.

The current material customer of translucent building materials Translucent materials give architects far more possibilities to exploit the sensual interplay of light and the fascination of interior-exterior interaction than plain glass, a fact proved by their increasing application. Traditionally,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Architecture, Design and Arts 2000 - 2014
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Place / Publishing House:Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2012]
©2004
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Translucency – Light made material
  • Glass as a building material – Developments and trends
  • Structural glass – Research and innovations
  • Plastic – Translucent semi-finished sheet products
  • Membrane materials in structural engineering – Meshes and films
  • Building with ETFE sheeting
  • Diaphanous metals
  • Standards
  • Glass – list of manufacturers
  • Subject Index
  • Picture Credits