WINDOW WALL AND CURTAIN WALL: AN OBJECTIVE REVIEW

CON125-1 Leadership in Sustainable Infrastructure Leadership en Infrastructures Durables Vancouver, Canada May 31 June 3, 2017/ Mai 31 Juin 3, 2017 WINDOW WALL AND CURTAIN WALL: AN OBJECTIVE REVIEW * Marquis, Patrick1,3, Mirahadi, Farid1, Ali, Hiba1, McCabe, Brenda1, Shahi, Arash1, De Berardis, Paul2 and Lyall, Richard2 1 Building Tall Research Centre, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada 2 Residential Construction Council of Ontario, Canada 3 Abstract: The enclosure designs for modern tall buildings in Canada often incorporate highly glazed cladding systems such as the WINDOW wall and the CURTAIN wall. Simply put, the main difference between the systems is that the WINDOW wall structurally sits between the suspended reinforced concrete slabs while the CURTAIN wall is hung off the slab edges by anchors.

A spandrel panel is an opaque, thermally insulated unit in the curtain wall. The exterior finish on the spandrel panel may be glass, forming a continuous exterior envelope made completely of glass and framing materials. Aluminium is used almost exclusively as the

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  Walls, Windows, Curtain, Spandrel, Window wall and curtain wall

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