The bearable lightness of all glass structures.
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Rob Nijsse
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Conference: Elegance in structures, Nara, Japan, 13-15 May 2015 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Conference Nara 2015 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 128-129 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2015 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137815815774304 | ||||
| Abstract: |
This paper is new developments in structural engineering related especially to the use of the material glass. After a philosophical discussion about why glass is the material for the Future, all glass elements and related techniques are presented from which an all glass building can be assembled. To conclude this paper ,all glass structures like a glass bridge, glass columns, a glass brick wall and a corrugated glass faced are shown in realised projects. |
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| Keywords: |
sustainability glass structures innovation
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