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- 008 191025s2020 nyua b 001 0 eng
- 020 __ |a 9781138584013 |q hardback
- 020 __ |a 9781138584020 |q paperback
- 020 __ |z 9780429506284 |q ebook
- 040 __ |a DLC |b eng |c DLC |e rda |d DLC |d SCT
- 050 00 |a NA4140 |b .I85 2020
- 082 00 |a 721/.04496 |2 23
- 099 __ |a CAL 022020191141
- 100 1_ |a Ishida, Aki, |e author.
- 245 10 |a Blurred transparencies in contemporary glass architecture : |b material, culture, and technology / |c Aki Ishida ; foreword by James Carpenter.
- 264 _1 |a New York : |b Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, |c 2020.
- 300 __ |a xxiv, 181 pages : |b illustrations (some color) ; |c 24 cm
- 336 __ |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent
- 337 __ |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia
- 338 __ |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier
- 504 __ |a Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 505 0_ |a Matter infused with spirit : Sanatorium Zonnestraal's healing glass transparency -- Mirroring Ipswich : contextual glass transparency of the Willis Building -- Cracking the glass ceiling of a crystal palace : the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center -- Air, light, and liquid in motion : the Glass Pavilion in Toledo -- Impermanent monument for intimate machines : Apple's glass cube -- Quasi-transparency of Harpa concert hall and conference centre.
- 520 __ |a "Blurred Transparencies in Contemporary Glass Architecture brings to light complex readings of transparent glass through close observations of six pivotal works of architecture. Written from the perspectives of a practitioner, the six essays challenge assumptions about fragility and visual transparency of glass. A material imbued with idealism and utopic vision, glass has captured architects' imagination, and glass' fragility and difficulties in thermal control continue to present technical challenges. In recent decades, architecture has witnessed an emergence of technological advancements in chemical coating, structural engineering, and fabrication methods that resulted in new kinds of glass transparencies. Buildings examined in the book include a sanatorium with expansive windows delivering light and air to recovering tuberculosis patients, a pavilion with crystal clear glass plenum circulating air for heating and cooling, a glass monument symbolizing the screen of personal devices that shortened the distance between machines and humans, and a glass building symbolizing the the social and material intertwining in the glass ceiling metaphor. Connecting material glass to broader cultural and social contexts, Blurred Transparencies in Contemporary Glass Architecture enlightens students and practitioners of architecture as well as the general public with interest in design. The author demonstrates how glass is rarely crystal clear but is blurred both materially and metaphysically, revealing complex readings of ideas for which glass continues to stand."--Provided by publisher.
- 650 _0 |a Glass construction.
- 650 _0 |a Transparency in architecture.
- 776 08 |i Online version: |a Ishida, Aki |t Blurred transparencies in contemporary glass architecture |d New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. |z 9780429506284 |w (DLC) 2019049383