steel and glass
Skyscraper building materials
Steel and glass describes a modernist architectural style featuring exposed metal frameworks and large glass panels, emphasizing transparency and industrial materials over traditional masonry: The downtown skyline is dominated by steel and glass towers.
The phrase often carries connotations of corporate coldness or sleek modernity, contrasting with warmer, more traditional building materials.
- modernismFavoring contemporary approaches
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
- high riseMultistory urban building
- office towerTall commercial building
- urban skylineSilhouette of city buildings
curtain wall · tensile strength · forging · transparency · tempering · minimalism · clean lines · bridge · glazing · pavilion · dome · observation deck · sleekness · Crystal Palace · canopy · atrium · industrial chic · facade
- city skylinesurban skyline, skyline, towers, cityscapes
steel and glasstimber frame
Wooden structural skeleton
adobe · brick and mortar · log construction · cob · rammed earth
steel and glassrustic
Rural and unrefined
craftsman style · Tudor revival · brutalism · earthship · folk architecture
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