curtain wall
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outer non-structural walls of a building
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Within Vinony's link graph, curtain wall is referenced by 511 other articles, and connects out to structural load, transparency and insulated glazing.
Vinony files it under Architectural elements, Building engineering and Construction.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
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Encyclopedic overview
A building project in Wuhan, China, demonstrating the relationship between the inner load-bearing structure and an exterior glass curtain wall Curtain walls are also used on residential structures.
Curtain walls are non-structural exterior building walls. They protect the interior of the building from the elements but since they carry no structural load beyond their own dead-load weight, they can be made of lightweight materials. They transfer lateral wind loads to the main building's structure through connections at floors or columns.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “curtain wall” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.