Curtain walls and other building facade systems: a section from the book and introduction to the design of curtain walls, aluminum windows, glass walls, skylights and canopies
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Building journal Hong Kong China, Feb, 2003, pp. 60-63
Abstract
(1) Definition of a curtain wall
(2) Types of buliding facade systems
(a) Curtain walls with glass panels glazed in front of the aluminum sections with only small sealant (or gasket) joints visible from outside
(b) Curtain walls with glass panels clipped onto aluminum framing
(c) Unitized curtain wall systems
(d) Glass wall supported with glass fins
(e) Glass wall with spiders and truss systems
(f) Window walls
(g) Windows
(h) Skylights and canopies
(i) Stone claddings and metal claddings
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2003
Language
en