21. The long, slanting glass curtain wall slips above the roof line like a ribbon of sky. 22. The modern glass curtain wall, for instance, stemmed from the Expressionist preoccupation with the mystical properties of glass. 23. The most conspicuous feature of the Lever House restoration is the repair of the glass curtain wall. 24. The research lab, set into the hillside, stretches off to the right, its face a sloping curtain wall of tinted blue glass. 25. The term curtain wall is used to describe non-load-bearing external walls for structures such as high-rise buildings, hotels and airports. 26. There will be a garden on the roof, protected by extensions of the glass curtain wall above the building envelope. 27. To strengthen the visual link between library patrons and Main Street pedestrians, the main stairway and reading areas have all been placed just behind the glass curtain wall. 28. Walls were reduced to the transparent membrane of the glass curtain wall. 29. While architects of skyscrapers and commercial buildings will use such rigid panels as curtain walls, Kiss thinks there is application to the home market. 30. Facade engineering entails the design and manufacture of curtain walls, skylights, windows, internal glass partitions and basically anything that requires glass and aluminium. |
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