Isobel Armstrong's startlingly original and beautifully illustrated book tells the stories that
spring from the mass-production of glass in nineteenth-century England. Moving across …

Through advances in production and treatment technologies, transparent glass has become
an increasingly versatile material and a global hallmark of modern architecture. In the shape …

This book explores the relationship between the ongoing urbanization in China and the
production of contemporary Chinese art since the beginning of the twenty-first century. Wang …

This article covers the issues of applying structural glass in sha** all-glass architectural
objects. Glass, as a transparent material, is a source of inspiration for new architectural …

The inadequacy of highly glazed facade office buildings has been debatable for decades
due to their impact on the internal environment comfort and energy consumption. One of the …

In this article, we take inspiration from the evolution of the material use of glass to explore
how the metaphorical use of glass could be developed to understand the emerging …

This chapter explores the behaviour and performance of glass curtain wall systems under
various dynamic mechanical loads, including seismic, wind and impulsive loads. The …

Highlights•The paper explores the ambivalent concept of vertigo and its significance for
contemporary architecture.•It examines in particular the rise of elevated glass platforms …

In Vulgar Beauty Mila Zuo offers a new theorization of cinematic feminine beauty by showing
how mediated encounters with Chinese film and popular culture stars produce feelings of …

One of the key concerns for present-day society is the need to build the environment in
which we live in a sustainable way, using green solutions, but without losing the aesthetic …