Glass construction manual / 
Schittich ... [et al.] ; [editor: Steffi Lenzen ; translators: Gerd H. S详fker, Philip Thrift] 
 - 2nd rev. & expanded ed. 
 - Basel ;  Boston :  Munich :  [London :  Birkhauser ;  Detail :  [Institut fur internationale Architektur-Dokumentation GmbH & Co. :  Springer [distributor]],  2007. 
 - 352 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  30 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes indexes.  Published in association with DETAIL. 
<br/><br/>Part 1. Glass in architecture : 1. From the origins to classical modernism / Gerald Staib -- 2. Glass architecture from the modern movement to the present day / Christian Schittich -- Part 2. Principles : 1. Glass as a building material / Dieter Balkow -- 2. Designing with glass: strength and loadbearing behaviour / Werner Sobek [et al...] -- 3. Glass and energy: building performance / Matthias Schuler and Stefanie Reuss -- Part 3. Construction details : 1. Fixings for glass -- 2. Openings -- 3. Architectural details -- Part 4. Case studies / Christian Schittich and Gerald Staib. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783764381226 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Architecture, Modern--20th century.<br/>Architecture, Modern--21st century.<br/>Glass construction.