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Translucent building skins : material innovations in modern and contemporary architecture / / Scott Murray



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Autore: Murray Scott (Scott Charles), <1971-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Translucent building skins : material innovations in modern and contemporary architecture / / Scott Murray Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
Disciplina: 721.2
Soggetto topico: Curtain walls
Transparency in architecture
Architecture - Technological innovations
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-177) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 1. Solidified light -- 2. Art house cinema -- 3. Crystallization -- 4. Compound lens -- 5. Geology -- 6. Bioluminescence -- 7. Fade to black.
Sommario/riassunto: "Exploring the design of innovative building enclosure systems (or skins) in contemporary architecture and their precedents in earlier twentieth century modern architecture, this book examines the tectonics, the history and the influence of translucency as a defining characteristic in architecture. Highly illustrated throughout with drawings and full colour photographs, the book shows that translucency has been and continues to be a fertile ground for architectural experimentation. Each chapter presents a comparative analysis of two primary buildings: a recent project, paired with a historical precedent, highlighting how architects in different eras have realized the distinctive effects of translucency. The included buildings span a variety of program types, ranging from a single-family residence, to a factory, to a synagogue. Whether it is Pierre Chareau's glass-lens curtain wall at the Maison de Verre, Frank Lloyd Wright's wall of stacked glass tubes at the Johnson Wax Research Tower, or Peter Zumthor's use of acid-etched glass in a double-skin envelope at the Kunsthaus Bregenz, the included projects each offer an exemplary case study of innovations in materiality and fabrication techniques. Today, among many contemporary architects, there is an engagement with new technologies, new material assemblies, and new priorities such as sustainability and energy-efficiency. A resurgent interest in translucency as a defining quality in buildings has been an important part of this recent dialogue and this book makes essential reading for any architect looking to incorporate aspects of translucency into their buildings"--Provided by publisher.
Titolo autorizzato: Translucent building skins  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-136-23567-1
0-203-10153-7
1-136-23568-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910810689203321
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