Falling glass : problems and solutions in contemporary architecture / Patrick Loughran.

Title: 
Falling glass : problems and solutions in contemporary architecture / Patrick Loughran.

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Author/Artist: 
Loughran, Patrick.
Publisher: 
Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser-Publishers for Architecture, c2003.
Description: 
157 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Format of Material: 
Books
Subjects: 
Glass construction.
Building failures.
Bib ID: 
75014
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Location: 
Stacks
Call Number: 
NA4140.L88
Location: 
Secured Stacks
Call Number: 
NA4140.L88
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Notes: 
"This book is also available in a German language edition"--Colophon.
"The author develops a catalogue of failure modes in glass façades and roofs, examining defects due to nickel sulfide, thermal stress, corrosion, incompatibility, leakage, and structural failures"--Front flap.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-153) and index.
ISBN: 
3764367121 (softcover : alk. paper)