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Houses of Glass: A Nineteenth-Century Building Type
From Library Journal Translation of the 1981 German Das Glashaus , this is a survey of the architectural development of the glasshousefirst as botanic hothouse, then evolving into exhibition halls, markets, theaters, pleasure gardens, etc. The authors, an architect and a sculptor, first relate the history of the type, with emphasis on the technical and technological aspects as well as the cultural meaning of the glasshouse. They follow this section with a catalog of 126 European and British examples, both extant and destroyed, and conclude with several hundred photographs, mostly of existing buildings. The book is well produced and informative, both in detail and in the broad context of bourgeois culture. For academic collections. Jack Perry Brown, Ryerson & Burnham Libs., Art Inst. of Chicago Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Product Review "Rich in documentation of the truly extraordinary range of iron-and-glass structures produced in the last century, and the photographs are excellent." -- Paul Goldberger, New York Times Book Review
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