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Translucent Materials : Glass, Plastics, Metals / ed. by Frank Kaltenbach.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Basel : Birkhäuser, [2012]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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  • 9783764370336
  • 9783034614320
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Translucency – Light made material -- Glass as a building material – Developments and trends -- Structural glass – Research and innovations -- Plastic – Translucent semi-finished sheet products -- Membrane materials in structural engineering – Meshes and films -- Building with ETFE sheeting -- Diaphanous metals -- Standards -- Glass – list of manufacturers -- Subject Index -- Picture Credits
Summary: Summary: The current material customer of translucent building materials Translucent materials give architects far more possibilities to exploit the sensual interplay of light and the fascination of interior-exterior interaction than plain glass, a fact proved by their increasing application. Traditionally, stretched paper, finely-cut stone, or stained glass were used to create mood and atmosphere. These are now giving way to a new generation of innovative materials - composite glass, synthetic panels, membranes and perforated metals.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Translucency – Light made material -- Glass as a building material – Developments and trends -- Structural glass – Research and innovations -- Plastic – Translucent semi-finished sheet products -- Membrane materials in structural engineering – Meshes and films -- Building with ETFE sheeting -- Diaphanous metals -- Standards -- Glass – list of manufacturers -- Subject Index -- Picture Credits

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The current material customer of translucent building materials Translucent materials give architects far more possibilities to exploit the sensual interplay of light and the fascination of interior-exterior interaction than plain glass, a fact proved by their increasing application. Traditionally, stretched paper, finely-cut stone, or stained glass were used to create mood and atmosphere. These are now giving way to a new generation of innovative materials - composite glass, synthetic panels, membranes and perforated metals.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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