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curtain wall
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curtain wall
n.
1. An outer or enclosing wall, especially one connecting two towers or turrets, as in a medieval fortification.
2. A nonbearing wall, often of glass and steel, fixed to the outside of a building and serving especially as cladding.

curtain wall
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a non-load-bearing external wall attached to a framed structure, often one that is prefabricated
2. (Military / Fortifications) a low wall outside the outer wall of a castle, serving as a first line of defence


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To avoid the solar heat gains and concomitant expenditure of energy to cool interior spaces typical of traditional glass curtain walls and maintain the project's LEED Platinum objectives, Schliemann developed the first residential use of double-glass wall technology in the United States, a clear statement of the building's intentions to reach a new level of green innovation.
The glass curtain wall uses environmentally friendly materials such as high-performing, low-e coating and tinting that contributes to the reduced solar heat gain.
What appears to be a cantilevered roof is in fact supported by a ring of solid, CNC-milled steel columns at the building's perimeter, whose slender dimensions (only 70mm square) merge visually with the glass curtain wall to frame a panoramic view of the Martin House.
 
 
 
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