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Architectural glass

LC control no.sh2006008582
Topical headingArchitectural glass
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Found inWork cat.: Glass in building : a guide to modern architectural glass performance: Pilkington, 1993.
Dynamic racking crescendo tests on architectural glass fitted with anchored pet film, 2004.
Materials for design, 2006: p. 14 (In the 1950s, British inventor Pilkington changed the way glass was used in architecture through his development of float glass--used to produce 90% of architectural glass today; most architectural glass is partially transparent with little reflectance and absorbency)
Limit states for architectural glass under simulated seismic loadings, 1998.
Art and architecture thesaurus online, Dec. 3, 2006 (Architectural glass: flat glass used for utilitarian purposes (though term sometimes used to describe what is known as stained glass); in modern times some is made in solid or hollow blocks to be used for building walls. Can be decorated by etching, sandblasting or other techniques)
Architectural glass certification. Level 1, student manual, 1991.