Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1 Glass in architecture -- From the origins to classical modernism / Staib, Gerald -- Glass architecture from the Modern Movement to the present day / Schittich, Christian -- Part 2 Principles -- Glass as a building material / Balkow, Dieter -- Designing with glass - strength and loadbearing behaviour / Sobek, Werner / Kutterer, Mathias / Feirabend, Steffen / Sundermann, Wolfgang -- Glass and energy - building performance / Schuler, Matthias / Reuss, Stefanie -- Part 3 Construction details -- 3.1 Fixings for glass -- 3.2 Openings -- 3.3 Architectural details -- Part 4 Case studies -- Case studies 1-42 / Schittich, Christian / Staib, Gerald -- Appendix -- Statutory instruments, directives and standards -- Further reading -- Index -- Index of names -- Picture credits |