Glass in Building: Principles, Applications, Examples

" Glass in Building" opens up a whole range of fascinating design possibilities for the planning architect. Glass has long served as a translucent room closing element, but its range of possible uses is actually much wider. It not only offers protection against the external world, for example, noise or fire despite its apparent fragility, it can even take on load-bearing functions in supporting structures. In combination with various different finishing methods, materials, and coatings, it also satisfies exacting structural-physical standards. " Glass in Building" offers a clear, compact, and illustrated overview of the material-appropriate use of this varied and versatile material in building construction and provides information that goes far beyond the basics on designing with glass and producing and using specialized glass products, as well as on the building and planning regulations that must be taken into account when constructing with glass. A selection of exemplary realized projects rounds out the theoretical section. Das Bauen mit Glas eröffnet dem planenden Architekten faszinierende gestalterische Möglichkeiten. Schon lange dient es als lichtdurchlässiger Raumabschluss, ist aber weitaus vielfältiger einsetzbar: Glas bietet nicht nur Schutz vor der Aussenwelt, etwa gegen Lärm oder Feuer, sondern kann trotz seiner vermeintlichen Zerbrechlichkeit sogar lastabtragende Funktionen innerhalb eines Tragwerks übernehmen. In Kombination mit verschiedenen Veredelungsmethoden, Materialien und Beschichtungen erfüllt es auch hohe bauphysikalische Anforderungen. „Detail Practice: Konstruktiver Glasbau" liefert einen kompakten, anschaulichen Überblick über den materialgerechten Einsatz dieses facettenreichen Baustoffs in der Baukonstruktion und vermittelt weit über die Grundlagen hinausreichende Informationen zum Entwerfen mit Glas, zur Herstellung und Anwendung spezieller Glasprodukte sowie zu den baurechtlichen Regelungen, die im Glasbau zu berücksichtigen sind. Eine Auswahl beispielhafter realisierter Projekte rundet den theoretischen Teil ab.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Basic glass and derived products The material glass 3 Manufacturing the basic products 4 Sheet glass treatments 9 Further glass products Glasses for special requirements 2 Sound insulation 24 Safety, security 2 Fire protection 29 Thermal insulation and solar control Designing with glass 33 Optics and perception 38 Structural concepts 43 Vertical glazing 4 Glazing as a safety barrier 49 Overhead glazing 53 Glazing for foot traffic 54 Glazing for limited foot traffic 55 Safety of glass in circulation zones Constructing with glass Clamp fixings 4 Drilled fixings 8 Bonded fixings Building legislation provisions 73 An overview of German legislation 74 Building products of glass 7 Forms of construction with glass 78 Non-regulated building products and forms of construction 8 Experimental tests for glass constructions Examples of the use of building with glass 83 Overview 84 Museum in Kansas City 8 Liesborn Abbey Museum 88 Mixed commercial and residential building in Aarau 9 Production building in Hettenshausen 92 Glass museum in Toledo 94 Overhead glazing to refectory and president's office at Technische Universität Dresden 9 "Schubert Club Band Shell" concert pavilion in Minnesota 98 Glass staircase in Paris Dutch embassy in Berlin Appendix 3 Glossary, standards and directives, bibliography, manufacturers and associations 9 Index Picture credits

About the Author :
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Weller ist Professor fur Baukonstruktionslehre und Leiter des Institutes fur Baukonstruktion an der Fakultat Bauingenieurwesen der TU Dresden. Dipl.-Ing. Architekt Stefan Unnewehr, Dipl.-Ing. Silke Tasche und Dipl.-Ing. Kristina Harth sind als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter am Institut fur Baukonstruktion der TU Dresden tatig.