Engineered Transparency: Glass in Architecture and Structural Engineering

Engineered Transparency: Glass in Architecture and Structural Engineering (2008)

January 1st, 20080h 59min

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Accentuating the effects of space, light and structure, glass has become an architectural staple that encourages transparency and visibility throughout a variety of landscapes. After its role in the last century's call to a radical new architecture and urban life, glass architecture is today more ubiquitous than ever.


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