glass curtain wall
1Curtain wall — For defensive curtain walls in medieval buildings, see Curtain wall (fortification). Glass curtain wall of the Bauhaus Dessau A curtain wall is an outer covering of a building in which the outer walls are non structural, but merely keep out the… …
2curtain wall — In castles, the surrounding fortified walls. In modern architecture, an outer non load bearing wall, often simply a field of large panes of glass held in place with a lattice of other material, sometimes merely thin metal bands. The modern… …
3curtain wall — (in a framed building) an exterior wall having no structural function. [1850 55] * * * Nonbearing wall of glass, metal, or masonry attached to a building s exterior structural frame. After World War II, low energy costs gave impetus to the… …
4curtain wall — n. exterior glass and steel wall between columns or piers that has no structural purpose (Modern Architecture); outer surrounding reinforced walls in castles …
5wall — less, adj. wall like, adj. /wawl/, n. 1. any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection …
6GLASS — Glass results from the heating of a mixture of sand, lime, and sodium carbonate to a very high temperature. When different materials are added to the sand, glass can become transparent, translucent, or colored. While the origins of glass are… …
7Glass Houses — Studioalbum von Billy Joel Veröffentlichung März 1980 Label Columbia Records …
8Glass-House-Mountains-Nationalpark — Coonowrin, einer der Berge der Glass House Mountains …
91 Wall Street — Coordinates: 40°42′26″N 74°00′42″W / 40.70722°N 74.01167°W / 40.70722; 74.01167 Not to be confused …
10Tear down this wall! — U.S. President Ronald Reagan speaking in front of the Brandenburg Gate at the Berlin Wall. Tear down this wall! was the challenge from United States President Ronald Reagan to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to destroy the Berlin Wall. In a… …
