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  2. Curtain wall (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    While these curtain wall systems are more energy-efficient than older, single-glazed versions, they are still significantly less efficient than opaque (solid) wall construction. [13] For example, nearly all curtain wall systems, thermally-broken or otherwise, have a U-value of 0.2 or higher, which is equivalent to an R-value of 5 or lower. [14]

  3. List of desk forms and types - Wikipedia

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    Armoire desk; Bargueño desk; Bench desk; Bible box; Bonheur du jour; Bureau à gradin; Bureau brisé; Bureau capucin; Bureau Mazarin; Bureau plat, see Writing table; Butler's desk; Campaign desk; Carlton house desk; Carrel desk; Cheveret desk; Computer desk; Credenza desk; Cubicle desk; Cylinder desk; Davenport desk; Desk and bench; Desk on a ...

  4. The New York Times Building - Wikipedia

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    The glass curtain wall is composed of double-glazed low emissivity panels that extend from the floor to the ceiling of each story. [26] [38] [44] [45] The panels generally measure 5 feet (1.5 m) wide and 13.5 feet (4.1 m) tall. [60] The use of floor-to-ceiling glass was meant to signify the transparency of the media.

  5. MetLife Building - Wikipedia

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    Gropius also recommended that the building include a textured facade, rather than the metal-and-glass curtain walls commonly used by the Roth firm in its previous buildings. [160] Gropius modified the plans in mid-1958; the facade would use simulated stone, the large plaza was dropped from the plans, and the tower was moved northward to 45th ...

  6. Mullion - Wikipedia

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    In a curtain wall screen, however, the mullions only support the weight of the transoms, glass and any opening vents. Also in the case of a curtain wall screen the weight of glazing can be supported from above (providing the structure can take the required loads) this puts the mullions under tension rather than compression.

  7. J. Edgar Hoover Building - Wikipedia

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    The still-incomplete designs unveiled during the CFA meeting now showed a massive, three-story roof deck overhanging the main building on E Street, with glass curtain wall-enclosed walkways connecting the Pennsylvania Avenue building to the 9th and 10th street wings. The trapezoidal interior courtyard was designed to hold sculpture and ...

  8. Curtain wall - Wikipedia

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    Curtain wall may refer to: Curtain wall (architecture), the outer skin of a modern building; Curtain wall (fortification), the outer wall of a castle or defensive ...

  9. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower - Wikipedia

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    There is a double-height transitional story separating the limestone east wing below from the glass tower above. [51] The glass addition contains roof terraces on the 10th and 11th floors, [55] rising 124 feet (38 m) above the sidewalk. [59] The glass addition is separated from the roof of the 1955 structure by large diagonal steel trusses.

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