STRUCTURAL GLASS FACADES - USC School of Architecture

Figure 1.12 Lever House, Gordon Bunshaft SOM, 1951 (Shankbone 2007). 29
Figure 1.13 Willis Faber & Dumas Building, Ipswich; Foster and Associates, 1972
(Cambridge 2000 Gallery 2005). 31
Figure 1.14 Willis Faber & Dumas night image, (Craven n.d.). 31
Figure 1.15 Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Steven Holl Architects, completed
2007 (Ryan 2007). 35
Figure 1.16 Garden Grove Church; Johnson/Burgee architects (Nardella 2007). 36
Figure 1.17 Cable trusses of Les Serres, Paris; Adrien Fainsilber with RFR (author's image).
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Figure 1.18 Louvre Pyramid by night, Paris; Pei Partnership architects (Goran 2007). 38
Figure 1.19 Banque Populaire de l'Ouest; Decq and Cornette architects, 1990 (DuPont
2002). 38
Figure 1.20 Cable net at the Kimpinski Hotel, Munich; Murphy/Jahn architect with Schlaich
Bergermann engineers (photo courtesy of Schlaich Bergermann). 39
Figure 1.21 Channel 4 Headquarters, Richard Rogers Partnership, 1994, (Boake 2007). 40
Figure 1.22 USB Tower cable net façade; a full scale mockup prepared for testing (ASIDI).
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Figure 1.23 UBS Tower cable net facade; testing underway (ASIDI). 51
Figure 1.24 USB Tower cable net facade; water penetration test in progress (ASIDI). 51
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