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Cultures of Glass Architecture

HISHAM ELKADI

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Elkadi, Hisham

Cultures of glass architecture. - (Design and the built

environment series)

1. Glass construction 2. Architecture and society

I. Title

721'.04496

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Elkadi, Hisham

Cultures of glass architecture / by Hisham Elkadi.

p. cm. -- (Design and the built environment series)

Includesindex.

ISBN0-7546-3813-8

1. Glass construction. 2. Architecture and globalization. I. Title. II. Series.

NA4140.E452006

721'.04496--dc22

2006003905

ISBN-10: 0-7546-3813-8

ISBN-13: 978-0-7546-3813-1

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