Design of glass floors and treads: from early simplified procedures to current approaches

This article seeks to describe the approach taken to designing a glass balustrade in CEN/TS 19100 Design of glass structures , a draft document which is a precursor to the publication of a Eurocode.

Graham Coult and Rebecca Hartwell examine the potential for greater recycling, or reuse, of glass and outline actions that the construction industry could take to advance this goal.

This article focuses on two structural glass elements located in the entry vestibule of Atlantis The Royal hotel: Deluge – a pair of all-glass lifts with water cascading on the outer surface; and Alight – a feature involving fire, water and glass.