In architect-speak, a curtain wall refers to any facade- commonly glass- that provides no structural or load-bearing capacity for the building. But leave it to the genius of Japanese architect ...

That brief informed the design concept for the welcome center: an elliptical pavilion enclosed with a scalloped structural glass curtain wall. Multiple rounds of conversation with fabricators and ...

Typically, such glazing systems (i.e., frame + glass + opaque “spandrel” panels ... (“unitized”) to reduce installation time, most curtain walls are positioned just in front of the structural members ...

The curtain wall is composed of subtly curved windows ... Cladding the building in curved glass solved both the structural and aesthetic considerations. The gentle arc of each five-foot-wide ...

Despite the trend toward building larger more complex structural glass systems ... working the night shift to install new glass units into curtain wall openings for the Delta Airlines Terminal ...

Rabel 35000 Slim Super Thermal from Rabel Systems is a minimal curtain wall that has been engineered to make large full glass facades ... In an effort to keep the structural components as slim ...

The façade, consisting of glass ... curtain wall, the Building Team replaced vertical support plates, added thermal expansion joints via splice work at the window cover plates, integrated proper ...

The angles of the curtain wall were purposefully designed below 15 degrees to avoid triggering a building code which would have required structural glass. (At angles above 15 degrees the surface ...

They will learn the complex task of how to install glass curtain walls, which requires skill and precise engineering to ensure structural integrity, weather resistance and energy efficiency.