Glass in building : principles, applications, examples /

Dieser Band liefert einen kompakten Überblick über den materialgerechten Einsatz des Baustoffs Glas in der Baukonstruktion und vermittelt umfassende Informationen zum Entwerfen mit Glas, zur Herstellung und Anwendung spezieller Glasprodukte sowie zu den baurechtlichen Regelungen, die im Glasbau zu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Weller, Bernhard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basel, Switzerland : München : Birkhäuser ; Edition Detail, 2009.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Detail practice.
Temas:
Glass construction.
Construction en verre.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Public, Commercial & Industrial.
ARCHITECTURE > Project Management.
ARCHITECTURE > Security Design.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Construction > General.
Glass construction
Glasbau
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; Basic glass and derived products; The material glass; Manufacturing the basic products; Sheet glass treatments; Further glass products; Glasses for special requirements; Sound insulation; Safety, security; Fire protection; Thermal insulation and solar control; Designing with glass; Optics and perception; Structural concepts; Vertical glazing; Glazing as a safety barrier; Overhead glazing; Glazing for foot traffic; Glazing for limited foot traffic; Safety of glass in circulation zones; Constructing with glass; Clamp fixings; Drilled fixings; Bonded fixings.
  • Building legislation provisionsAn overview of German legislation; Building products of glass; Forms of construction with glass; Non-regulated building products and forms of construction; Experimental tests for glass constructions; Examples of the use of building with glass; Overview; Museum in Kansas City; Liesborn Abbey Museum; Mixed commercial and residential building in Aarau; Production building in Hettenshausen; Glass museum in Toledo; Overhead glazing to refectory and president's office at Technische Universität Dresden; "Schubert Club Band Shell" concert pavilion in Minnesota.
  • Glass staircase in ParisDutch embassy in Berlin; Appendix; Glossary, standards and directives, bibliography, manufacturers and associations; Index; Picture credits.

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