Curtain Walls: Recent Developments By Cesar Pelli & Associates

183 Pages·2005·37.402 MB·English

by  Michael J. Crosbie (auth.)

CURTAIN WALLS
MICHAEL J. CROSBIE
CU RTA I N
WA LLS
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
BY CESAR PELLI & ASSOCIATES
BIRKHÄUSER – PUBLISHERS FOR ARCHITECTURE
BASEL·BERLIN·BOSTON
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with contributions from many. Mike Crosbie Washington D.C., USA
coherently and clearly describes a highly tech-
nical subject matter. Mig Halpine and Ben Bibliographic information published by
Charney coordinated project documentation, Die Deutsche Bibliothek
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drawings. Special thanks to Ria Stein for her bibliographic data is available in the internet
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CONTENTS
18 The Art and Craft of Cesar Pelli’s Curtain Walls
28 GLASS
30 Torre BankBoston, Buenos Aires
36 Cheung Kong Center, Hong Kong
42 1500 Louisiana, Houston
48 International Finance Centre, Hong Kong
56 Overture Center, Madison
64 National Museum of Art, Osaka
72 Schuster Performing Arts Center, Dayton
78 Cira Centre, Philadelphia
84 Central Library, Minneapolis
90 Torre de Cristal, Madrid
94 Citigroup Tower, London
100 METAL
102 One Canada Square Tower, London
108 JP Morgan Chase, San Francisco
114 731 Lexington Avenue, New York
122 Edificio República, Buenos Aires
128 Mori Office Tower, Tokyo
134 NTT Headquarters, Tokyo
140 Plaza Tower, Costa Mesa
146 Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur
152 STONE
154 Forest Residential Tower, Tokyo
160 1900 K Street, Washington
166 40 Bank Street, London
172 Nakanoshima Mitsui Building, Osaka
184 Illustration Credits
6| 731 Lexington Avenue, New York | Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur
8| 40 Bank Street, London| National Museum of Art, Osaka

10| Cheung Kong Center, Hong Kong | Cira Centre, Philadelphia

12| Schuster Performing Arts Center, Dayton | 1500 Lousiana, Houston