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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. Bank of America Tower (Manhattan) - Wikipedia

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    The facade of the Bank of America Tower is, for the most part, composed of a glass curtain wall covering over 700 thousand square feet (65,000 m 2). The curtain wall includes vertical and sloped sections at the base, as well as double walls and screen walls in the upper stories. [47]

  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. One Vanderbilt - Wikipedia

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    The facade consists mostly of a glass curtain wall with panels that extend from the floor to ceiling of each story. [4] The curtain wall was fabricated by the Permasteelisa Group. [16] [17] According to Permasteelisa, the facade is made of 8,743 pieces in 1,060 distinct shapes, covering 753,500 sq ft (70,000 m 2). Of these, about 660 panels are ...

  6. Lever House - Wikipedia

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    Lever House is a 307-foot-tall (94 m) office building at 390 Park Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.Constructed from 1950 to 1952, the building was designed by Gordon Bunshaft and Natalie de Blois of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in the International Style, a 20th-century modern architectural style.

  7. Architecture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Arguably this is the first true skyscraper. The use of a thin curtain wall in place of a load-bearing wall reduced the building's overall weight by two thirds. Another feature that was to become familiar in 20th-century skyscrapers first appeared in Chicago's Reliance Building, designed by Charles B. Atwood and E.C. Shankland, Chicago, 1890 ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. 1271 Avenue of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    The accordion wall, which would have been framed by flat columns, was infeasible because it reduced floor area, required modifications to the drapes and air-conditioning, and was not aesthetically desirable to the architects. [30] At ground level, there is a canopy over the 51st Street entrance. [31] The rest of the tower has a glass curtain wall.

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