Translucent Building Skins: Material Innovations in Modern and Contemporary Architecture 9781136235689, 9780415689304

Exploring the design of innovative building enclosure systems (or skins) in contemporary architecture and their preceden

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English Pages 201 Year 2012

Translucent Building Skins: Material Innovations in Modern and Contemporary Architecture
9781136235689, 9780415689304

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