Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/yPl0of Cultures of Glass Architecture By: Elkadi, Hisham, Professor Publisher: Ashgate Print ISBN: 9780754638131, 0754638138 eText ISBN: 9780754680079, 075468007X Format: PDF Available from $ 59.98 USD SKU 9780754680079R90 When designing, architects are responding to and creating a relationship between identity, culture and architectural style. This book discusses whether the extent of the use of glass facades has increased, or indeed enhanced, the creation of meaningful place-making, thereby creating a cultural identity of 'place'. Looking at the development of perceptions of glass facades in different cultures, it shows how modernist 'glass' buildings are perceived as an expression of technical achievement, as symbols of global economic success and as setting a neutral platform for multi-cultural societies
