In Great Glass Buildings , Peter and Jennifer Hyatt present fifty exemplary modern projects that explore a number of theories about the nature, mystique and attraction of glass in the architecture of recent years. Variously performing roles that include giftwrap, lightweight armour, transmitter and insulator, glass began its re-emergence as an architectural force during the 1990s, as a symbol of new modernism. Advances in glass-making and construction technology and the advent of structural glazing, fixing systems, glass coatings and waterproof connections have transformed the ambitious dreams of the past into reality. Including projects by Foster and Partners, Murphy Jahn, Santiago Calatrava, Shigeru Ban, Renzo Piano and many others, this book reveals the complex nature of glass in today's architecture.
30 St Mary Axe Foster and Partners/Atami Water Glass Residence Kengo Kuma/The Atrium at Federation Square Lab Architecture Studio in association with Bates Smart/Austrian School Georg Driendl Architekt/Bark Design Studio Bark Design/Brentwood Skytrain Station Busby+Associates Architects/Burda Media Park Ingenhoven Overdiek Architekten/Carousel Pavilion McGlashan Everist Pty Ltd/Cellular Operations Headquarters Richard Hywel EvansArchitecture & Design Ltd/Central Foyer of Bremen University Jan Stormer Architekten/The Christ Pavilion gjp-Architekten von Gerkan Marg und Partner/City Holl Foster and partners/Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection、Food and Agriculture Ingenhoven Overdiek Architekten・Grammar School Markt Indersdorf Allmann Sattler Wappner Architekten/Hauer King House Future Systems/Headquarters of Deutsche Post AG Murphy Jahn/Herz Jesu Kirche(Church of the Sacred Heart) Allmann Sattler Wappner Architekten/Hotel Habita Taller de Enrique Norten Arquitectos SC (TEN Arquitectos)/House IA Taller de Enrique Norten Arquitectos SC (TEN Arquitectos)/House in Wales Future Systems/House R 128 Werner Sobek/HydraPier Asymptote/ING Group Headquarters Meyer en Van Schooten Architecten BV/Jenkins Robson House Andrew Nolan/Koehler House Julie Snow Architect Inc./The Lowry Centre Michael Wilford & Partners/Lyon Airport Station Santiago Calatrava S.A./Maison Hermes Renzo Piano Building Workshop/Mineral Bath Extension and Renovation Behnisch & Partner/Modern Art Mueseum of Fort Worth Tadao Ando Architect & Associates/Motor Show Stand for AUDI AG Ingenhoven Overdiek Architekten/Multimedia Library Dominique Perrault Architecte/Municipal Library Mario Botta/NatWest Media Centre Future Systems/The New 42nd Street Studios Platt Byard Dovell/Newman House Cassandra Fahey/Nomentana Residence Mack Scogin Merril Elam Architects/North German State Clearing Bank Building Behnisch & Partner/Osaka Maritime Museum Paul Andreu architecte/Parque Espana Residential Building Taller de Enrique Norten Arquitectos SC (TEN Arquitectos)/Picture Window House Shigeru Ban Architects/Portland International Airport Ximmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership/Singapore Arts Centre Michael Wilford & Partners/Software Manufacturer Julie Snow Architect Inc./Solar Tube Georg Driendl Architekt/Sondica Airport New Terminal Santiago Calatrava S.A./Tea House(Fukyo) Hiroyuki Arima+Urban Fourth/Troyes Mediatheque Du Besset-Lyon architectes/Uptown Munchen Ingenhoven Overdiek Architekten/The Westin New York at Times Square Arquitectonica+HKS Incorporated