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Reglazing modernism : intervention strategies for 20th-century icons / Angel Ayón, Uta Pottgiesser, and Nathaniel Richards.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Basel : Birkhäuser, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 31 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9783035618457
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 724.6 AYO 23 018538
Summary: The worldwide use of building envelopes in steel and glass is one of the characteristic features of modern architecture. Many of these pre- and post-war buildings are now suffering severe defects in the building fabric, which necessitate measures to preserve the buildings. In this endeavor, aspects of architectural design, building physics, and the preservation of historic buildings play a key role. The book documents 20 iconic buildings.
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The worldwide use of building envelopes in steel and glass is one of the characteristic features of modern architecture. Many of these pre- and post-war buildings are now suffering severe defects in the building fabric, which necessitate measures to preserve the buildings. In this endeavor, aspects of architectural design, building physics, and the preservation of historic buildings play a key role. The book documents 20 iconic buildings.

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