STRUCTURAL GLASS FACADES - USC School of Architecture

Figure 2.1 Tension rod rigging terminations (Sta-Lok 2008). 61
Figure 2.2 A veneer type system in section view is continuously supported by either a simple
strongback or the outher chord of a truss (ASIDI). 63
Figure 2.3 Simple trusses set at each vertical grid module (ASIDI). 64
Figure 2.4 Simple trusses alternate with vertical cable trusses (ASIDI). 65
Figure 2.5 A horizontal bolts into a vertical simple truss (ATS). 65
Figure 2.6 Spertus Institute, Chicago; faceted glass façade, Krueck Sexton Architects, 2007
(Built Chicago 2008). 66
Figure 2.7 Simple truss system with internal tension rod bracing and rectangular exterior
chord (ASIDI). 66
Figure 2.8 Truss identification: bridge types (Historic American Engineering Record 1976) 68
Figure 2.9 A planar mast truss with point-fixed glass during installation (ASIDI). 69
Figure 2.10 Mannheim Mulithalle, Germany; grid shell by Frie Otto with Burro Happold, 1975
(Griel 2006) 70
Figure 2.11 Gridshell glass canopy (New Trade Fair in Milan n.d.) 71
Figure 2.12 Needle Tower, 1968 by Kenneth Snelson. 72
Figure 2.13 Sections of Georgia Dome (Castro & Levy 1992). 72
Figure 2.14 Interior and exterior of Georgia Dome (ballparks.com n.d.). 73
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