The history of the glass roof goes back to roughly the end of the eighteenth century, when a five-thousand-year-old material began to be used in architecturally unprecedented ways. The development was centred in an evolving new building type--the glass-framed horticultural conservatory. This, the third title in the series, deals with glass canopies, tracing the history of the use of glass in building and focusing on five specific case studies.
- ISBN10 0471976881
- ISBN13 9780471976882
- Publish Date 28 July 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 March 2000
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint Wiley-Academy
- Format Paperback
- Pages 64
- Language English