Innehåll: Translucency - light made material / Frank Kaltenbach -- Glass as a building material / Andrea Compagno -- Structural glass -- Glass skeleton construction / Joachim Achenbach -- Structural gluing / Werner Sobek and Lucio Blandini -- Armoured laminated glass / Werner Sobek and Frank Maier -- GRP-glass composite systems / Jan Knippers and Stefan Peters -- Plastic - semi-finished sheet products / Frank Kaltenbach -- Membrane materials in structural engineering / Karsten Moritz -- Building with ETFE sheeting / Karsten Moritz and Rainer Barthel -- Diaphanous metals / Stefan Schafer
Note
"There is something fascinating about translucent materials. More than clear glass alone, they give architects fascinating scope for handling light sensually and creating an exciting interplay between interior and exterior. The kind of atmosphere that used to be achieved with stained-glass windows in churches, thinly cut slabs of natural stone or paper coverings is reinterpreted for today with innovative special glasses, plastic sheeting, membranes or perforated metals."--BOOK JACKET