The use of glass in multistorey buildings

Τίτλος

The use of glass in multistorey buildings

Θέμα

Architectural glass

Tall buildings

Δημιουργός

Stylianou, Antonis

Πηγή

Higher Technical Institute

Το πλήρες κείμενο είναι διαθέσιμο από το Υπουργείο Ενέργειας, Εμπορίου Βιομηχανίας και Τουρισμού.

Εκδότης

Library of Cyprus University of Technology

Ημερομηνία

1999

Δικαιώματα

Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού και κάτοχου των πνευματικών δικαιωμάτων.

Μορφή

pdf

Γλώσσα

en

Τύπος

text

Αναγνωριστικό

CED0369

Σύνοψη

The purpose of this project is to provide useful information about the use of glass in multistorey buildings. In the introduction we meet the glass as a material and as a new constructional material used in Cyprus the last 20 years. In the next chapter we see how glass used in structures through history. For a better understanding, the characteristics and the processes of glass are described in chapter 3 and 4. Chapter 5 and 6 describe the functions and performances of each type of glass. Structural glazing is included in the project as a whole chapter 7 because it gives a special meaning in the use of glass in buildings, not as glass for windows but as glass-skin for external walls. The next two chapters provide information regarding installation, maintenance and special points, considering the right and proper use of glass. Finally at chapter 10 and 11 we see the advantages, disadvantages and costs regarding glass when it is been chosen for external walls instead of masonry.