GLASS IN BUILDING – DETAIL PRACTICE

Description

“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.

CONTENTS

Basic glass and derived products

-The material glass, -Manufacturing the basic products, -Sheet glass treatments, -Further glass products

Glasses for special requirements

-Sound insulation, -Safety, security, -Fire protection, -Thermal insulation and solar control

Designing with glass

-Optics and perception, -Structural concepts, -Vertical glazing, -Glazing as a safety barrier, -Overhead glazing, -Glazing for foot traffic, -Glazing for limited foot traffic, -Safety of glass in circulation zones

Constructing with glass

-Clamp fixings, -Drilled fixings, -Bonded fixings

Building legislation provisions

-An overview of German legislation, -Building products of glass, -Forms of construction with glass, -Non-regulated building products and forms of construction, -Experimental tests for glass constructions

Examples of the use of building with glass

-Overview, -Museum in Kansas City, -Liesborn Abbey Museum, -Mixed commercial and residential building in Aarau, -Production building in Hettenshausen, -Glass museum in Toledo, -Overhead glazing to refectory and president’s office at

Technische Universität Dresden

-“Schubert Club Band Shell” concert pavilion in Minnesot, -Glass staircase in Paris, -Dutch embassy in Berlin

Appendix

Glossary, standards and directives,

112 pages / 21 x 29,70 cm