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GLASS AND GLAZING
• History
• The Material Glass
CONSIDERATIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY RELATING TO GLASS
Thicknesses of Glass
Heat-Treated Glass
Laminated Glass
Chemically Strengthened Glass
Fire-Rated Glass
Fritted Glass
Spandrel Glass
Tinted and Reflective Coated Glass
Insulating Glass
Low-Emissivity Coated Glass
Self-Cleaning Glass
Glass That Changes Its Properties
Other Types of Glass
Plastic Glazing Sheets
Aerogel-Filled Glazing
• Glazing
Glazing Small Lights
Glazing Large Lights
Advanced Glazing Systems
• Glass and Energy
• Glass and the Building Codes
FROM CONCEPT TO REALITY
Skating Rink at Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco
The lobby of the Federal Courthouse embraces a view of Boston Harbor with a dramatically curving wall of laminated glass. (Architects: Pei, Cobb, Freed. © 1998 Steve Rosenthal)
Glass plays many roles and takes many forms in buildings—Gothic church windows made of thousands of jewel-like pieces of colored glass; breathtaking expanses of smooth, uninterrupted glass that fill whole walls of today's buildings; Elizabethan casement windows with tiny diamond panes set in lead; skyscrapers that shimmer in facets of reflective glass mirroring the sky; cozy windows; ...
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