Glass Construction Manual

Christian Schittich; Gerald Staib; Dieter Balkow; Matthias Schuler; Werner Sobek

Published by Birkhäuser 2007

Glass Construction Manual

Christian Schittich , Gerald Staib , Dieter Balkow , Matthias Schuler and Werner Sobek

https://doi.org/10.11129/detail.9783034615549

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About this book

Standard work on building material glass

Glass offers a wide variety of possible applications for the realization of even the most ambitious designs in architecture, and in the past two decades it has experienced an unparalleled burst of innovation. For planners, this means working constantly with this high-performance material. In compact and appealing form, the completely revised Glass Construction Manual presents the current state of the art on planning and building with glass, from the history through the technical foundations all the way to the most innovative applications. Astonishing perspectives on thermal insulation and solar protection and the addition of thoughtfully selected new practical examples round off this comprehensive reference work.

Glass constructions in detail – all mounting methods are systematically depicted with detail drawings
Contains laws and guidelines, with the new EU norms

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vi
Part 1 Glass in architecture
From the origins to classical modernism Gerald Staib Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Glass architecture from the Modern Movement to the present day Christian Schittich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
Part 2 Principles
Glass as a building material Dieter Balkow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
Designing with glass – strength and loadbearing behaviour Werner Sobek, Mathias Kutterer, Steffen Feirabend and Wolfgang Sundermann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
Glass and energy – building performance Matthias Schuler and Stefanie Reuss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Part 3 Construction details
3.1 Fixings for glass Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
3.2 Openings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
3.3 Architectural details Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
Part 4 Case studies
Case studies 1–42 Christian Schittich and Gerald Staib Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Appendix
Statutory instruments, directives and standards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	344
Further reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	346
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	348
Index of names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	350
Picture credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Edition: 2nd edition
Audience: Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 1102
- Coloured Illustrations: 238
Keywords: Baukonstruktion; Glasbau; Detail

eBook

Published: December 10, 2012
ISBN: 9783034615549