Curtain wall is a protective wall affixed to the outside of a building to protect the structure. During medieval times, curtain walls were one of the most important defense structures used in protecting castles, and today they serve a more basic protective purpose. What are the pros and cons of curtain walls? Although curtain walls provide archi...

Interior glass curtain wall systems are based on the idea of structural facades and exterior curtain walls. With vertical aluminum mullions, glass curtain wall system provides a flexible and modular separation of space. Since it bears no structural weight, it can be placed exactly where you need it, providing a host of benefits. Benefits of Inte...

As modern curtain wall design becomes more and more popular in the construction industry today, curtain wall construction has been widely applied both in commercial and residential building applications for a long time. In the current market, stick-built curtain wall and unitized curtain wall are the two main types of curtain wall construction i...

For a long time, glass plays an essential role in the facade. Glass is a uniform material, a solidified liquid. By its property of transparency it opens up our buildings to the outside world. In modern architecture, there is tendency to open up our buildings by using very large facades that are as transparent as possible. In the modern building ...

As a rule, every good curtain wall system has to be designed considering five key elements: safety, quality, cost, aesthetics, and constructability. All of these elements are very much linked with each other to achieve the desired outcome. In most cases, the key elements of the curtain wall system, or the definition of facade, is the ‘Barriers o...