Engineered Transparency: Glass in Architecture and Structural Engineering

Name: Engineered Transparency: Glass in Architecture and Structural Engineering
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2008-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 59 min
Rating: 4
Cast: Elizabeth Diller, Kenneth Frampton

Accentuating the effects of space, light and structure, glass has become an architectural staple that encourages transparency and visibility throughout a variety of landscapes. After its role in the last century's call to a radical new architecture and urban life, glass architecture is today more ubiquitous than ever.

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