Glass Construction Manual

Schittich, Christian; Staib, Gerald; Balkow, Dieter; Schüler, Matthias; Sobek, Werner

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“…16 The third energy generation: from the development of the glazed curtain wall, 1951, to the 1973 energy crisis 17 Mies van der Rohe's 1921 skyscraper design for the Friedrichstrasse in Berlin was arguably the first vision of the fully-glazed tall building, far ahead of the technical capabilities of its time and hence never realised. 18 However, after the Second World War, technological innovations gave rise to the realisation of such proposals: a development that dramatically changed the high-rise typology. Whereas tall buildings completed prior to the war had between 20% and 40% glazing within their faç ades (Fine Arts Building, Chicago, 1885: 40%; Equitable Building, New York, 1915: 25%; Chrysler Building, New York, 1930: 32%), 'third generation' buildings had a significantly higher ratio, between 50% and 75% (Lake Shore Drive Apartments, Chicago, 1951: 72%; Lever House, New York, 1952: 53%).…”

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Five energy generations of tall buildings: an historical analysis of energy consumption in high-rise buildings

Oldfield

Trabucco

Wood

2009

The Journal of Architecture

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Whilst there have been numerous categorisations of high-rise buildings according to their function, architectural style, height or structural strategy, historically little work has been undertaken to classify them based on factors affecting their energy performance — their shape and form, fac ̧ade, attitude to natural lighting, ventilation strategies, etc. These factors have been influenced by regulatory changes, developments in technology and materials, changes in architectural thinking and economic and commercial drivers. Develop- ments such as the New York Zoning Law of 1916, the postwar innovations in curtain wall fac ̧ades and the energy crises of the 1970s have all impacted on the way tall buildings of the time were designed and operated. These events also had a significant impact on the quantity of energy and the way in which it was consumed in tall buildings of the time. This paper examines the history of energy use in tall buildings, from their origins in North America in the late nineteenth century to the present day. In doing so, it categorises tall buildings into five chronological ‘generations’, based on their energy consumption characteristics

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Five energy generations of tall buildings: an historical analysis of energy consumption in high-rise buildings

Oldfield

Trabucco

Wood

2009

The Journal of Architecture

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“…Fig. 3 illustrates four types of edge finishings, presented also in [36], where (a) cut edge, scoring and non-scoring edges are distinguished (according to author's own observations), (b) arrised edge with arrised corners, (c) ground edge is assumed to be slightly more grinded than arrised one, and d) polished edge of smooth edge surface.…”

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Experimental study on glass edge machining flaw characterization

Lindqvist¹,

Louter²

2014

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

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“…Th e fracture of glass columns used in primary structural elements can cause stability problems in a building, therefore, researchers need to focus more on load bearing and stability questions. [3,4,5] 1. ábra Tartószerkezetek hierarchiája [3,4,5] Glass is used nowadays as a load bearing material due to its transparency, and usually is called the material of the third millennium. With the development of glass strengthening methods, glass has become a frequently used building material in load bearing structures as well [4].…”

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Experiments on the buckling behaviour of glass columns. Part 1.

Nehme¹,

Jakab²,

Nehme³

2013

Epitoanyag - JSBCM

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Supporting structures can be transparent nowadays due to the development of glass strengthening procedures. The building glass as a versatile building material supports architectural design due to its transparency. The paper focuses on load-bearing glass columns and also on the design, the load bearing capacity and the stability issues of fins. International and Hungarian case studies demonstrate the possible use of cross-sections, layers and supporting structures of glass columns [1]. Laboratory experiments were carried out at the BME, Department of Construction Materials and Engineering Geology on buckling of glass columns. More than 60 specimens where loaded until fracture. The load and deformations (buckling, surface deformations) were measured. Based on the experimental results, the critical force was determined and the fracture and stability processes were illustrated by force-deflection diagrams. The results were analysed with the calculation procedures in the focus of the international literature (results are presented separately in the 2nd part of the present paper series).

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Glass Construction Manual

Abstract: Glass offers a wide variety of possible applications for the realization of even the most ambitious designs in architecture, and in the past two decades it has experienced an unparalleled burst of innovation. For planners, this means working constantly with this high-performance material.

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Five energy generations of tall buildings: an historical analysis of energy consumption in high-rise buildings

Five energy generations of tall buildings: an historical analysis of energy consumption in high-rise buildings

Experimental study on glass edge machining flaw characterization

Experiments on the buckling behaviour of glass columns. Part 1.

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