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Translucent materials : glass, plastics, metals / Frank Kaltenbach (ed.). - Basel : London : Birkhäuser ; Springer [distributor], c2004. - 110 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), plans ; 30 cm. - Detail Practice. .

CW407

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translucency : light made material / Frank Kaltenbach -- Glass as a building material / Andrea Compagno -- Structural glass. Glass skeleton construction / Joachim Achenbach ; Structural gluing / Werner Sobek, Lucio Blandini ; Armoured laminated glass / Werner Sobek, Frank Maier ; GRP-glass composite systems / Jan Knippers, Stefan Peters -- Plastic : semi-finished sheet products / Frank Kaltenbach -- Membrane materials in structural engineering / Karsten Moritz -- Building with ETFE sheeting / Karsten Moritz, Rainer Barthel -- Diaphanous metals / Stefan Schäfer.


Translated from the German.

ISBN: 9783764370336: £32.24 3764370335

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Building Materials--Metal
Building Materials--Glass
Building materials.
Transparency in architecture.
Glass construction.
Composite materials.
Light in architecture.
Walls--Design and construction
Architecture, Modern--20th century
Architecture and Planning.
Architectural structure & design
Building construction & materials

Dewey Class. No.: 693.96