Exploration of the unique architectural design of the Chongqing Grand Theater in China. The Grand Theater is not a building with a typical fa???ade with wall and window surfaces, but is contained within a well-positioned curtain of frosted glass panels. The magazine Baumeister comments: "The light penetrating from the inside to the outside, as well as the reflection of sun, clouds, and water on the multi-layered and staggered glass surfaces, present the building in ever-changing, mystical lighting moods." In this volume, ...
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Exploration of the unique architectural design of the Chongqing Grand Theater in China. The Grand Theater is not a building with a typical fa???ade with wall and window surfaces, but is contained within a well-positioned curtain of frosted glass panels. The magazine Baumeister comments: "The light penetrating from the inside to the outside, as well as the reflection of sun, clouds, and water on the multi-layered and staggered glass surfaces, present the building in ever-changing, mystical lighting moods." In this volume, the architects responsible present the design by means of texts, images, and plans, and there is an essay by the architecture journalist Dirk Meyh???fer in which he discusses the Grand Theater. Text in English and German.
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