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050	0	0	_aNA4140 _b.I85 2020
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100	1		_aIshida, Aki, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aBlurred transparencies in contemporary glass architecture : _bmaterial, culture, and technology / _cAki Ishida ; foreword by James Carpenter.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group, _c2020.
300			_axxiv, 181 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aMatter infused with spirit : Zonnestraal Sanatorium's healing glass transparency -- Mirroring Ipswich : contextual glass transparency of the Willis Building -- Cracking the glass ceiling of a crystal palace : the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center -- Air, light, and liquid in motion : the Glass Pavilion in Toledo -- Impermanent monument for intimate machines : Apple's glass cube -- Quasi-transparency of Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre.
520			_a"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' fragility and difficulties in thermal control continue to present technical challenges. In recent decades, architecture has witnessed an emergence of technological advancements in chemical coating, structural engineering, and fabrication methods that resulted in new kinds of glass transparencies. Buildings examined in the book include a sanatorium with expansive windows delivering light and air to recovering tuberculosis patients, a pavilion with crystal clear glass plenum circulating air for heating and cooling, a glass monument symbolizing the screen of personal devices that shortened the distance between machines and humans, and a glass building symbolizing the the social and material intertwining in the glass ceiling metaphor. Connecting material glass to broader cultural and social contexts, Blurred Transparencies in Contemporary Glass Architecture enlightens students and practitioners of architecture as well as the general public with interest in design. The author demonstrates how glass is rarely crystal clear but is blurred both materially and metaphysically, revealing complex readings of ideas for which glass continues to stand"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aGlass construction.
650		0	_aTransparency in architecture.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aIshida, Aki. _tBlurred transparencies in contemporary glass architecture _dNew York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020 _z9780429506284 _w(DLC) 2019049383
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