Making it stick

By and Amanda Birch Amanda Birch Amanda Birch2005-03-04T00:00:00

The world’s first frameless structural glass dome was constructed at the University of Stuttgart and uses epoxy glue to connect the double-curved glass panels.

An engineer hopes his process of gluing glass will enable more daring structures

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