The structural glass for this globe structure is created with laminated double curved glass panels patch supported by a steel structure.
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Recently, Nanjing City Wall Museum, designed by Academician He Jingtang and the team of Architectural Design & Research Institute of SCUT, was opened for trial operation. Nanjing City Wall Museum is located on the east side of Wengcheng of Zhonghua Gate, with a total construction area of about 13,000 square meters...
This paper focuses on the geometric optimization of the free-form gridshell towards planar quad glass units.
Global population is growing alongside increasing urbanisation and construction activities. Even today, modern architecture could not do without the material that is glass and its many innovative properties. Glass in Modern Architecture Cities are growing worldwide. Even today, the earth is populated by just under 8...
This paper was first presented at GPD 2015 by Prof.dr. Mick Eekhout (General director Octatube Delft and Professor of Product Development TU Delft). Abstract In the time of my professorship 1991-2015 I have initiated research & development of’ Zappi’ the unbreakable glass structural material. It lead to a number...
Source: Challenging Glass 7 Conference on Architectural and Structural Applications of GlassBelis, Bos & Louter (Eds.), Ghent University, September 2020.Copyright © with the authors. All rights reserved.ISBN 978-94-6366-296-3, Authors: Peter van de Rotten (Octatube)Michele Arinze AkiloWouter van der Sluis Since...
Tvitec’s large-scale solutions light up AstraZeneca’s magnificent Discovery Centre designed by Herzog & de Meuron. They say little has been spared in the construction of AstraZeneca’s new Discovery Centre in Cambridge (UK). It will be one of the three largest research centres of the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical...
This paper was first presented at GPD 2019 by Martien Teich, Christian Rehner and Fabian Schmid from seele GmbH. The glass tube façade consists of 307 tubes made of laminated safety glass, 238 half- and 69 full-tubes with a height of 9m and a diameter of 900mm. Aluminium profiles connect adjacent tubes...
Unitised Façade System Designed with a Highly Transparent Façade of Low G-value Combined with Blast Requirements
Guardian SunGuard HP Neutral solar control glass was chosen for Evolution Tower for its combination of aesthetic qualities and performance. Designed by RMJM in partnership with Scottish artist Karen Forbes, the Evolution Tower in Moscow is a stunning piece of modern architecture that represents the evolution of man...