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2. Wall - Wikipedia

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   A partition wall is a usually thin wall that is used to separate or divide a room, primarily a pre-existing one. Partition walls are usually not load-bearing, and can be constructed out of many materials, including steel panels, bricks, cloth, plastic, plasterboard, wood, blocks of clay, terracotta, concrete, and glass. Some partition walls are ...

3. Sound transmission class - Wikipedia

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   Sound Transmission Class (or STC) is an integer rating of how well a building partition attenuates airborne sound.In the US, it is widely used to rate interior partitions, ceilings, floors, doors, windows and exterior wall configurations.

4. Dubai Frame - Wikipedia

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   Dubai Frame was formerly known as "Al Berwaz Tower" [22] The project is a complete glass, transparent structure resembling a huge window frame intended to highlight the attractions of the city and has a view of the skyscrapers on Shaikh Zayed Road from one side — displaying modern Dubai — while the other side of the frame will show the old ...

5. Glass brick - Wikipedia

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   Glass block wall in Chicago. Glass blocks can provide light and serve as a decorative addition to an architectural structure, but hollow glass blocks are non load-bearing unless stated otherwise. Hollow glass wall blocks are manufactured as two separate halves and, while the glass is still molten, the two pieces are pressed together and annealed.

6. Architectural glass - Wikipedia

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   The glass floats on the tin, and levels out as it spreads along the bath, giving a smooth face to both sides. The glass cools and slowly solidifies as it travels over the molten tin and leaves the tin bath in a continuous ribbon. The glass is then annealed by cooling in an oven called a lehr. The finished product has near-perfect parallel surfaces.

7. Mashrabiya - Wikipedia

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   Some mashrabiyas are open and not lined with glass; the mashrabiya functions as a balcony and the space enclosed is independent of the upper floor rooms and accessed through those rooms with windows [dubious – discuss] opening towards it. Sometimes the woodwork is reduced making the mashrabiya resemble a regular roofed balcony; this type of ...