Glass breaks a new barrier: a glass canopy in Japan is supported by 10-metre cantilevered glass beams, the longest ever built. This is how it came about
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A glass canopy sheltering the staircase leading to the Yurakucho underground station in Japan is supported on glass beams. A computer model was used to test the capacity of the structure to withstand earthquakes and typhoons, and the design comprises a glass beam made from a series of glass blades, connected to form a rigid cantilever. The structure had to be reinforced with acrylic beams ultimately, and acrylic and glass blades are paired at the root of the cantilever beam.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 1997
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Innovative glass hall creates a cyrstal palace for Leipzig
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Professor Marge of von Gerkan, Marg & Partner, won an international competition to design the Leipzig exhibition and conference centre in 1992. He collaborated with Ian Ritchie Architects to design the hall under a glass vault. The new glass structure is fully bolted and is the main entrance for visitors to the exhibitions halls. Low iron glass was imported from the US and the amount of solar radiation reaching the ground was reduced by fritting sections of the glazing.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 1996
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A Hampstead house and garden linked by glass: a garden pavilion by The Architects Practice illustrates how glass can be a fine structural material while lifting the spirit
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The Architects Practice has recently remodelled a house in Hampstead, with the inclusion of an exercise pavillion, conceived as a garden room linking the house, the pool and the landscape. It is principally a steel frame with a flat frameless glazed roof, using laminated glass beams and columns as structure. It is serviced by under floor heating, and shaded by surrounding trees during the summer.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 1996
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