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  2. Curtain wall (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    The curtain wall itself, however, is not ordinarily required to have a rating. This causes a quandary as compartmentalization (fire protection) is typically based upon closed compartments to avoid fire and smoke migrations beyond each engaged compartment. A curtain wall by its very nature prevents the completion of the compartment (or envelope).

  3. 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 wall between two bastions

  4. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    (literally "breast- beam") A large, horizontal beam supporting the wall above, especially in a jettied building. Brise soleil Projecting fins or canopies which shade windows from direct sunlight. Broken pediment A style of pediment in which the center is left open (and often ornamented) by stopping the sloping sides short of the pediment's apex ...

  5. Cyclorama (theater) - Wikipedia

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    In theater and film, a cyclorama (abbreviated cyc in the U.S., Canada, and the UK) is a large curtain or wall, often concave, positioned at the back of the apse. It often encircles or partially encloses the stage to form a background. The world "cyclorama" stems from the Greek words "kyklos", meaning circle, and "orama", meaning view.

  6. Front curtain - Wikipedia

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    A wipe curtain, named after the film editing technique called a wipe, is a single large curtain that is rigged in a manner similar to traveler curtains. Unlike travelers, which consist of two curtains that part at center stage, a wipe opens from the left or right side of the proscenium and travels horizontally across the entire stage.

  7. Curtain wall (fortification) - Wikipedia

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    Larger curtain walls were provided with mural passages or galleries built into the thickness of the walls and provided with arrowslits. If an enemy reached the foot of the wall, they became difficult to see or shoot at directly, so some walls were fitted with a projecting wooden platform called a hoarding or brattice.

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