The Age Of Glass
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Author | : Stephen Eskilson |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2018-02-08 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1474278388 |
Glass has long transformed the architectural landscape. From the Crystal Palace through to the towering glass spires of today's cities, few architectural materials have held such immense symbolic resonance in the modern era. The Age of Glass explores the cultural and technological ascension of glass in modern and contemporary architecture. Showing how the use of glass is driven as much by changing cultural concerns as it is by developments in technology and style, it traces the richly interwoven material, symbolic, and ideological histories of glass to show how it has produced and dispersed meaning in architecture over the past two centuries. The book's chapters focus on key moments within the modern history of architecture, moments when glass came to the forefront of architectural thought, and which illustrate how glass has been used at different times to project different cultural ideas. A wide range of topics are explored – from the tension between expressionism and functionalism, to the persistent theme of glass and social class, to how glass has reflected political ideas from Nazism through to today's global consumer capitalism. The book also grapples with current arguments about sustainability, while, taking into account the advent of digital LED screens and 'smart glass', offering new cultural perspectives on the future and asking what glass architecture will signify in the digital age. Combining close readings of buildings with insights drawn from research, plus good storytelling and strong contemporary relevance, The Age of Glass offers a fascinating new perspective on modern architecture and culture.
Author | : Evan Dawson |
Publisher | : Union Square & Co. |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2011-04-05 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 1402789629 |
New Yorks Finger Lakes is home to the countrys fastest-growing wine region, and each year millions of tourists spill into the tasting rooms of its wineries. Filled with fun and likable characters, Summer in a Glass brings this burgeoning area to life and captures its exciting diversity--from its immigrant German winemakers to its young, technically trained connoisseurs, from classic Rieslings to up-and-coming Cabernet Francs.
Author | : E. Barrington Haynes |
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Release | : 1959 |
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Author | : Plate Glass Manufacturers of America |
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Total Pages | : 19 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Glass |
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Author | : Stephen Eskilson |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2018-02-08 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1474278353 |
The age of glass -- Stained glass -- Daylight -- Glass visions -- Structural glass -- Shade -- The politics of glass
Author | : Arnaud Maillet |
Publisher | : Mit Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781890951481 |
A study of a largely forgotten optical device and its relation to notions of opacity, transparency, and imagination.
Author | : Sarah J. Maas |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 419 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 140883233X |
A hugely commercial, fabulously addictive fantastical romp - from an author with top-notch digital self-publishing pedigree and legions of fans awaiting publication
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Total Pages | : 4 |
Release | : 1940 |
Genre | : Flat glass |
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Author | : Bruce Koscielniak |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780618507504 |
Look around you! Glass is everywhere: the mirror where you brush your teeth in the morning, the test tube in your science class, and your cup of juice on the dinner table. But what do you really know about it? Where did it come from? To find out, you have to travel all the way back to ancient Egypt, where glass was first in use. Beautiful illustrations give a sense of the time and place as you span the globe and thousands of years to see glass's use expand from small pots, to bottles, to cathedral stained-glass windows to telescope lenses and more! Lots of diagrams detail the step-by-step processes of glassmaking through the ages. Another vivid and informative book from a master of explanation, Bruce Koscielniak.
Author | : Steven Johnson |
Publisher | : Riverhead Books |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2015-09-22 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1594633932 |
This book is a celebration of ideas: how they happen and their sometimes unintended results. Johnson shows how simple scientific breakthroughs have driven other discoveries through the network of ideas and innovations that made each finding possible. He traces important inventions through ancient and contemporary history, unlocking tales of unsung heroes and radical revolutions that changed the world and the way we live in it