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- Title
Glass as matter: A brief history of manufacturing and application.
- Authors
Beim, Anne
- Abstract
In the 19th Century, glass was launched as a new material though it had existed already for thousands of years. It was not until the invention of the blow-pipe that glass became transparent. With the onset of the Machine Age, window glass manufacturing moved to semi- industrialization, to develop eventually into large scale production. Around 1850 prismatic glass was invented to improve the daylighting of basements and deep spaces. Modern architects like Bruno Taut embraced the new possibilities offered by the glass industry to express their ideas more freely.
- Subjects
GLASS; GLASS industry; GLASS construction; TRANSPARENCY in architecture; TAUT, Bruno, 1880-1938; MODERN architecture; REMODELING of basements; HISTORY
- Publication
Docomomo Journal, 2000, p28
- ISSN
1380-3204
- Publication type
Article