The age of glass : a cultural history of glass in modern and contemporary architecture / by Stephen Eskilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eskilson, Stephen, 1964- author.

Series:

Bloomsbury architecture library.

Bloomsbury architecture library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Glass construction--History--20th century.

Glass construction.

Glass construction--History--21st century.

Architecture and society--History--20th century.

Architecture and society.

Architecture and society--History--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 229 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

Glass has long transformed the architectural landscape. From the Crystal Palace through to the towering glass spires of today's cities, few architectural materials have held such immense symbolic resonance in the modern era. 'The Age of Glass' explores the cultural and technological ascension of glass in modern and contemporary architecture. Showing how the use of glass is driven as much by changing cultural concerns as it is by developments in technology and style, it traces the richly interwoven material, symbolic, and ideological histories of glass to show how it has produced and dispersed meaning in architecture over the past two centuries.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. Digital resource published 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 30, 2018).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781474278393 (ebook) :

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.