glass curtain
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
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
Nine concrete triangles and clerestories form a radiating canopy over the living room and a pool terrace split by a retractable glass curtain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2016
You stroll past examples of early Modernism, Streamline Moderne, Structural Expressionism, the International Style and much more, taking in sleek glass curtain walls, monumental facades, colorful building-size murals, gigantic arched roofs and zigzag-shaped structures.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2014
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