Technology: Load-Bearing Glazing in Hybrid Structures

De Boerderij restaurant in Arnhem, 2015; architects: Nexit Architects, Arnhem; 
structural engineers: ABT, Velp
In order to achieve greater transparency and to create more slender structures, many architects and engineers are working to extend the boundaries of innovative glass construction. In realizing a new, more efficient generation of glazed structures, the solution should not be simply to increase the glass thickness, however. A better answer might lie in developing existing concepts further. Instead of...
De Boerderij restaurant in Arnhem, 2015; architects: Nexit Architects, Arnhem; 
structural engineers: ABT, Velp