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Author Murray, Scott

Title Translucent Building Skins : Material Innovations in Modern and Contemporary Architecture
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (201 pages)
Contents 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
Summary 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
Notes Print version record
Subject Curtain walls.
Transparency in architecture.
Architecture -- Technological innovations
curtain walls (nonbearing walls)
Architecture -- Technological innovations
Curtain walls
Transparency in architecture
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781136235689
113623568X