In Structural Glass , Peter Rice and Hugh Dutton discuss the development of a new method of working with glass. Peter Rice no longer considers glass an inert material: in his view, it is a material that, when correctly used, reacts to loads. Its structural qualitites can therefore be exploited. The authors describe how the exceptional serres, or greeenhouses, of the Musee des Sciences et de I'Industries at Parc La Villette, Paris were achieved. They show in detail their methods and design philosophy and reveal the difficulties and obstacles encountered. Structural Glass is also a passionate account of the intellectual approach and techniques involved in high-technology projects, where architecture plays a role in the development of an evolving technical culture. Five years after the first edition of this book was published in French, this new edition is brought up to date and expanded by Hugh Dutton. It confirms the success of the innovative system demonstrated at La Villette. Fifteen recent projects in Europe and Japan by RFR, the Paris office set up by Peter Rice, demonstrate possible applications of this new method of working with glass and its adaptation to large-scale projects with very different design and technical constraints.