Definitions for "Curtain Wall"
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A non-loadbearing exterior wall vertically supported only at its base, or having bearing support at prescribed vertical intervals.
The main enclosing wall of a castle or a fort. A section of wall between two gates, towers, or bastions.
A large glazed area of a building Glasvliesgevel
(Construction) Exterior wall of a building that is supported by the structure and carries no part of the vertical load except its own. Curtain walls must be designed to withstand wind loads and transfer them to the structure.
Many buildings built of steel frames or concrete have walls which support no load, but serve merely to protect from the weather. Such walls are "curtain walls." Modern fire-resistive construction usually calls for wall structure of this kind.
An exterior wall that provides no structural support.
An exterior building wall that is supported entirely by the building structure, rather than being self-supporting or load-bearing.
An exterior wall which does not carry a load such as a window wall.
A non-load bearing exterior finish installed on a frame structure
A wall which does not support any joists or other overhead structure. A non- bearing wall.
a nonbearing exterior wall connecting piers, towers, or projecting bastions.
window wall, grid wall outer skin of a building composed of modular glass, metal, plastic, ceramic or precast concrete panels often separated by mullions in a repeating grid; supported by a load bearing steel or concrete structural frame
The high wall that surrounded the inner ward, or the open area in the center of a castle.
Main wall surrounding a fort.
An outside wall which lends no structural support to a building, but acts merely to enclose.
A wall between two towers or pavilions, usually surrounding a building, and often forming a major part of the defences. RCHME. Part of the curtain wall of York Castle survives and is visible behind the County Court and the Castle Museum. more
The defending wall of a castle.
a common feature of medieval castles
an exterior wall that does not support a roof
a nonbearing exterior enclosure that is supported by a building's structural steel or concrete frame and holds either glass, metal, stone, or precast concrete panels
A wall carrying no roof or load, and used merely as a screen or division.
A particular type of exterior wall construction generally used for modern high-rise buildings. Wall in non-loadbearing and usually constructed of metal and glass.
A thin wall, supported by the structural steel or concrete frame of the building independent of the wall below. Also a metal (most often aluminum) framing system on the face of a building containing vision glass panels and spandrel panels made of glass, aluminum, or other material.
The outside wall of a building. It usually lends no structural support to the building, but encloses the building.
An exterior building wall which carries no roof or floor loads and consists entirely or principally of metal or a combination of metal, glass, and other surfacing materials supported by a metal frame.
A connecting wall hung between two towers surrounding the bailey.
The outer wall of a fortification linking towers and gates to form an enclosure.
( mur-rideau) an exterior wall that is fastened to a frame and protects the building from the weather; it has no structural function and supports only its own weight.
the wall around the outside of castle buildings, built to protect it from attack
Perimeter wall panels that carry only their own weight and wind loads.
A non-load bearing wall supported by an independent structural framework.
The wall running between towers in a castle that is a major part of the buildings defences.
An exterior non-loadbearing wall not wholly supported at each story. Such walls may be anchored to columns, spandrel beams, floors or bearing walls, but not necessarily built between structural elements.
An exterior wall supported wholly by the structural frame of a building and carrying no loads other than its own weight and wind loads.
Perimeter wall panels which carry only their own weight and wind load.
A castle wall protecting a courtyard or another important place.
An exterior wall that encloses a yard or other area but does not provide any structural support to a home.
Any building wall, of any material, which carries no superimposed vertical loads. (i.e., any non-bearing wall)
The wall around the bailey with a sentry-walk along its top
The perimeter stone wall of the castle. Replaced earlier wooden palisades.
the exterior wall or façade of a building, which does not bear any of the building load
Courtine Outer wall, usually incorporating defensive towers.
A non-load bearing wall that separates interior spaces from the outside.
An exterior wall enclosing a yard or other area. It does not provide structural support to the home.
Curtain wall is a term used to describe a building façade which does not carry any dead load from the building other than its own dead load. These loads are transferred to the main building structure through connections at floors or columns of the building. A curtain wall is designed to resist air and water infiltration, wind forces acting on the building, seismic forces, and its own dead load forces.
That part of the fortification that connects the bastions.