TY - BOOK AU - Schittich,Christian ED - DETAIL. TI - Glass construction manual SN - 9783764382902 (pbk.) : AV - TH1560NA4140 .G58 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Basel, Boston PB - Birkhäuser KW - Glass construction N1 - Published in association with DETAIL; 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 ER -