: a nonbearing exterior wall between columns or piers
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The Michigan Avenue curtain wall is visible to the west with Grant Park to the east.—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025 But when the power shuts off and water seeps in through these buildings’ glass curtain walls, these high-rises would rot from the inside out.—Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 5 June 2025 The mountains rise up like a curtain wall, crowned by a long buttress of snowfields and ice against the blue sky.—Brian Mann, NPR, 24 May 2025 Contractors assemble building frames with heavy steel columns, use steel rebar to reinforce concrete, and form exterior curtain walls with both steel and aluminum.—Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for curtain wall
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