In the modern times, it is very common for people to find some beautiful and tall buildings with types of curtain wall systems in the street, which separate the interior from the exterior, but only support their own weight and the loads imposed on them (such as wind loads, seismic loads, and so on) which they transfer back to the primary structu...

In the modern society, curtain wall buildings become very common in some large cities around the world. When we are wandering in the street, we can often find some tall buildings with curtain wall glazing which look like so amazing. Technically speaking, curtain walls of a building are generally composed of vertical and horizontal framing member...

As curtain wall buildings make a hit in various applications throughout the world today, curtain wall glazing plays a significant role in curtain wall construction. Technically speaking, structural glazing systems, in their simplest form, are types of curtain wall systems consisting of glass that is bonded or anchored back to a structure without...

With an increasing number of high-rise buildings in the modern times, curtain wall systems came into our life. In the current era, curtain wall systems have gained structural importance equivalent to that of other structural elements. Due to the fact that they are constantly exposed to the exterior atmosphere, curtain wall glazing has to be appr...

In most of modern commercial building construction, curtain wall facade systems are often considered part of a building envelope in applications. And such a glazing system requires careful integration with other adjacent structural elements such as wall claddings, roofs, and wall details. Glass curtain wall systems are lightweight aluminum-frame...