Blurred Transparencies in Contemporary Glass Architecture: Material, Culture, and Technology

by Aki Ishida

Book Overview

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's fragility and difficulties...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138584029
• ISBN13: 9781138584020
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"