What is a glass curtain wall?

Glass curtain wall is a building peripheral protective structure with steel structure as skeleton point and composed of metal components and glass plates. It can be roughly divided into frame-supported glass curtain wall and point-supported glass curtain wall.

Curtain wall, as its name implies, is the coat of a building, that is, the external protective structure of a building, which is called by people in the industry. It is composed of panels and supporting structure systems, and can have a certain displacement ability or deformation ability relative to the main structure, and does not assume the role of the main structure.

Curtain wall is the soul of architecture and the external expression of architectural style level. The continuous upgrading of curtain wall has promoted the rapid development of the whole construction industry. Curtain wall has various forms, such as glass curtain wall, aluminum plate, stone curtain wall and other metal curtain walls. But the glass curtain wall is undoubtedly a kind of building enclosure favored by designers.

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Classification of glass curtain wall:

According to the fixed form of the panel, it can be divided into: open frame glass curtain wall, hidden frame glass curtain wall and semi-hidden frame glass curtain wall.

According to the composition materials, it is divided into: aluminum alloy profile glass curtain wall, steel profile glass curtain wall and steel-aluminum profile composite glass curtain wall.

According to the supporting structure, it is divided into: main structure point-supported glass curtain wall, steel structure point-supported glass curtain wall, cable-strut structure point-supported glass curtain wall, self-balancing cable truss point-supported glass curtain wall and glass rib point-supported glass curtain wall.

According to the support form of glass panel, it can be divided into four-point support, six-point support, multi-point support, splint support and splint support.

In addition, all-glass curtain walls can also be divided into floor-standing and suspended types.

The development of glass curtain wall in China has mainly experienced four types: open frame glass curtain wall, hidden frame glass curtain wall, suspended all-glass curtain wall and point-supported all-glass curtain wall.

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