glass curtain

American  

noun

1. a transparent or translucent curtain covering the interior of a window opening.

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Example Sentences

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

That facade has since been replaced by a glass curtain wall, which admits daylight into the previously dim building and serves as a point of visual and physical connection to the Geffen Theater orb.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 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

Steel looked for ways to put their factories to use building things other than tanks and planes, which spurred aluminum panels and glass curtain walls.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2015