ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1943, The Place of Glass in Building is a comprehensive and compact survey of the structural uses of glass in 20th Century architecture. It gives the facts about the physical properties, the possibilities and the limitations of the glass in common use. It also deals with the attributes of specialised and decorative glass and provides detailed descriptions of the principal types which were manufactured in the UK. Intended for architectural students it may also be of interest to architects, for it is a condensed survey of the progress that has been made in this structural and decorative material.

chapter |8 pages

The Place of Glass in Building

chapter |3 pages

The Study of Glass:

Its Place in Architectural Education

chapter |1 pages

Preparing Specifications

chapter |5 pages

Sheet Glass

chapter |6 pages

Polished Plate Glass

chapter |18 pages

Rolled Glasses

chapter |2 pages

“Vitrolite”

chapter |2 pages

Glass Domes

chapter |11 pages

Special Glasses