Houses of Glass: A Nineteenth-Century Building Type

by Georg H. Kohlmaier

The glasshouses of the nineteenth century represent a remarkable confluence of opposites in architecture and technology. The architecture was designed to create an artificial climate in which people could return to paradise, and yet the technical means employed were also basic to the century's developing industrial grime -the other side of paradise. Enriched by more than 700 illustrations, Houses of Glass chronicles these pristine structures as they evolved from hothouses into exhibition halls, ballrooms, and theaters.

Georg Kohlmaier is an architect and Barna von Sartory a sculptor. They have collaborated on many books and articles on contemporary architecture.

651 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Thomas Smyth · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very detailed book on everything you'd want to know about 19th century greenhouses (glasshouses). It talks about innovations in glass and iron manufacturing. It talks about heating early glasshouses with boilers and pipes, &c. Great pictures. It lists dates for given structures, their architects, &c. I used it as research when I wrote a historical fiction novel about science and the Industrial Revolution (Of Woodbridge and Hedgely by Thomas Smyth; ASIN: B00TDFH0RE) I talk a little more about it on my blog: http://www.woodbridgeandhedgely.com/?...