Modern curtain wall design interprets that people tend towards an increasing preference for natural light inside the building. In that regard, glass curtain wall facade manifests itself in the form of floor-to-ceiling glass windows to create a sense of openness and space. For most of modern high-rise buildings, glass curtain wall is often chosen...

Due to the distinctive attractiveness in terms of aesthetics, construction time, building cost, and high functional performance, glass curtain walls are most unlikely to become the favorite facade to be used in the modern buildings today. Technically speaking, curtain wall is defined as an external wall of the building structure that doesn’t sup...

As it is well acknowledged, there are a variety of magnificent curtain wall buildings in major cities all over the world, such as the World Trade Center in New York, Petroleum Building in Chicago, Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, Shanghai Friendship Building and Beijing Great Wall Sheraton Hotel and etc. Especially modern glass curtain wall bui...

Glass curtain wall is regarded one distinctive style of the modern building designs in architecture nowadays. For the modern building construction, when glass curtain walls replace masonry construction in commercial buildings, the depth and reach of light penetration have been greatly improved, reducing the need for artificial lighting and conse...

Curtain Wall Systems: A Building’s First Line of Defense As we all know, there is no doubt that any kind of building facade should be able to withstand the damaging effects caused from the natural weather, which, day by day, inflicts heat, rain, wind, and snow upon the structure. Fortunately, curtain wall system is such a magic style of the mode...