Strong and Stylish Buildings with Curtain Walls
Curtain walls are a wide sets of walls. It extends widely in a building’s surface, generating glassy look on the building, especially if the building has curtain walls all over the surface. Curtain walls are a non structural equipment of a building, it added a luxurious style to the building. The curtain walls are usually constructed using a light-weight materials that will reduce the construction cost. The reduction of construction cost is not the only advantage of curtain walls, it also reduce the operational costs.
The transparent of glass would make lights penetrate easily into the building, this will reduce the electricity cost especially from lighting usage. Curtain walls would make a well lighting building.
Curtain walls are intended to resist air and water infiltration. It also designed to resist sway caused by wind, seismic forces, and its own dead load weight forces. A building with curtain walls might look fragile from the outside, like it could easily breaks from simple damage but being well constructed by the architects, it also supported by other materials. It was infilled with stone veneer, metal panels, louvres, and operable windows or vents. Generally, curtain walls was made of steel at first but lately glass is used since it gives out an architecturally pleasing building look so glass is now popular.
Another stylish reason of curtain walls is when it’s night time and all the lights are turned on, it could be seen from the outside and give out an artistic look of incredible sets of lights. The building would look like it’s glowing in the darkness of night. Despite from the fragile look of curtain walls, this construction actually designed to sustain any kinds of attack whether it’s naturally or unnaturally. Nowadays many buildings can be seen with its curtain walls in many style. Some building combine it with other materials, aluminium, woods, or concrete walls.
Curtain walls are several types of walls on building that cover the building with glass. Curtain walls have strong materials that protect the building from any damag caused outside.