glass curtain
Americannoun
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They already have the operable windows required in housing, unlike the climate-controlled modern offices sealed behind glass curtain walls.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2023
The seven-story building on N Street, with a curved glass curtain in front, was purchased from Stream Realty Partners of Dallas, according to USC officials.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023
Almost the entire rear wall of the six-story building, once mostly sandstone pierced by narrow rows of windows, has been smartly replaced with a handsome glass curtain wall to let the sunshine in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
Its shimmering glass curtain wall, a feature that later became essential to Bauhaus design, brought together everything Gropius loved.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 22, 2019
The Seagram’s single-pane glass curtain walls, far less efficient than treated or double-pane windows, and its luminous fluorescent ceilings work against energy conservation, he said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2012
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