Introduction -- Foreword -- Innovative Architecture - Research and Development -- Cooperation between Producers and Designers -- Portrait -- Part 1. Steel and Glass Constructions -- European Investment Bank, Luxembourg -- Design and Implementation -- Energy Concept and Facade Design -- Fire Protection Planning -- Structure and Teamwork -- Westfield London -- Digital Process Chain from Design to Execution -- The Westfield Roof - from Concept to Fitting -- The Role of the Facade Consultant -- Minimised Shell Structures - Challenges and Prospects -- Part 2. Foils and Membranes -- Allianz Arena, Munich -- From the Idea to the Detail -- Roof Structure and Vertical Facade -- Design Aspects of ETFE Foil Cushions -- Development of Lightweight Building Shells -- Part 3. Element Facades -- The Future of the Element Facade -- 7 More London -- Developing the Production of the Aluminium Element Facade -- Construction Management -- Tender Process and Design -- Facades of High-Rise Buildings - Trends and Tendencies -- Part 4. Structural use of Glass -- Innovative Processes in the All-Glass Sector -- Possible Applications of Cold-Bending -- Fascinated by Glass -- Glass Bridge and Glass Staircase -- Applied Research Projects -- Developing the Details -- The Floating Seat -- TriPyramid Structures -- Challenges and Potential of Structural Glass -- Testing and Inspection Procedures -- Appendix -- List of seele projects -- Testing standards -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits.