Materials

A guide to the planning and design of glass supporting frameworks. It focuses on the pressure-resistant, flat supporting element as a basic building block for broad supporting structures.

Traditionally, stretched paper, finely-cut stone, or stained glass were used to create mood and atmosphere. This book presents a survey of translucent materials, their technical properties and applications.

A survey of the developments in precast concrete technology and building practice, including detailed documentation of 24 inspired projects.

Concrete is an all-around talent, already in use in ancient Rome and since the second half of the 20th century one of the most important building materials. After a period of excess and architectural faux pas a renaissance of ex - posed concrete began in the 1990s. This volume provides an overview of contemporary real - ized projects.