TY - BOOK AU - Achenbach,Joachim AU - Barthel,Rainer AU - Blandini,Lucio AU - Compagno,Andrea AU - Kaltenbach,Frank AU - Knippers,Jan AU - Maier,Frank AU - Moritz,Karsten AU - Peters,Stefan AU - Schäfer,Stefan AU - Sobek,Werner TI - Translucent Materials: Glass, Plastics, Metals SN - 9783764370336 PY - 2012///] CY - Basel : PB - Birkhäuser, KW - Building materials KW - Architektur KW - Bauwesen KW - ARCHITECTURE / General KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.11129/detail.9783034614320 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783034614320 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783034614320/original ER -