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

• Autore: Murray Scott (Scott Charles), <1971-, >
• 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction: Transparency / Translucency / Opacity; 1 Solidified Light; 2 Art House Cinema; 3 Crystallization; 4 Compound Lens; 5 Geology; 6 Bioluminescence; 7 Fade to Black; Acknowledgments; Summary of Primary Architects; Notes; Bibliography; Illustration Credits; Index
• 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 h
• Titolo autorizzato: Translucent building skins
• ISBN: 0-203-10153-7; 1-136-23568-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462948403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II