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2. Curtain wall (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   Extensive use is made of floor-to-ceiling glass, enabling light to penetrate deeper into the building, thus maximizing floor space. Glass curtain wall of Bauhaus Dessau, 1926. Historically, buildings were constructed of timber, masonry, or a combination of both. Their exterior walls were load-bearing, supporting much or all of the load of the ...

3. Building envelope - Wikipedia

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   The physical components of the envelope include the foundation, roof, walls, doors, windows, ceiling, and their related barriers and insulation. The dimensions, performance and compatibility of materials, fabrication process and details, connections and interactions are the main factors that determine the effectiveness and durability of the ...

4. Bathroom - Wikipedia

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   Bathrooms are generally categorized as "master bathroom", containing a shower and a bathtub that is adjoining to the largest bedroom; a "full bathroom" (or "full bath"), containing four plumbing fixtures: a toilet and sink, and either a bathtub with a shower, or a bathtub and a separate shower stall; "half bath" (or "powder room") containing ...

5. Shower - Wikipedia

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   A typical stall shower with height-adjustable nozzle and folding doors A combination shower and bathtub, with movable screen. A shower is a place in which a person bathes under a spray of typically warm or hot water. Indoors, there is a drain in the floor. Most showers are set up to have adjustable temperature, spray pressure and showerhead ...

6. Underfloor heating - Wikipedia

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   Underfloor heating pipes, before they are covered by the screed. Underfloor heating and cooling is a form of central heating and cooling that achieves indoor climate control for thermal comfort using hydronic or electrical heating elements embedded in a floor.

7. Fallingwater - Wikipedia

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   Fallingwater's asymmetrical floor plan was loosely derived from the cruciform plan of the Prairie houses. [98] It has a floor area of 5,330 square feet (495 m 2), [16] [91] of which 2,445 square feet (227.1 m 2) is composed of outdoor terraces. [77] [91] [297] The remaining 2,885 square feet (268.0 m 2) is indoors.