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Discussion: New Glass Architecture – Not Just Built Transparency
For a time, glass architecture seemed to be obsessed with the pursuit of records and the development and application of ever more spectacular technolo...
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Discussion: Building with Glass Means Building with Light. An Interview with James Carpenter
Detail: You began your career in film and photography, and later turned to glass. How did that happen?Carpenter: At the school of architecture where ...
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The Growing Skyline: a New Tower Block in Frankfurt am Main
With the completion of the Main Tower, the high-rise banking district of Frankfurt has acquired its first building with a public viewing platform and ...
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Report: Glass Load-Bearing Structure
The new pavilion of the technical college for glass in Rheinbach was conceived as a space for seminars and congresses and as a “walk-in showcase” for ...
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Glass Bridge in the Basilica of Aquileia
The important mosaics in the basilica attract 300.000 visitors a year and therefore required some form of protection. A steel construction was designe...
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Stadium in Amiens
The design for this football stadium was based on two key ideas: it was to form a closed space, yet be open to the sky; and it was to be integrated in...
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