How to Use curtain wall in a Sentence

curtain wall

noun
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  • The plan is for a glass curtain wall out front, and stainless steel metal panels on the side walls.
    — Josh Barbanel, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2018
  • As his firm has proved before, new doesn’t have to mean glass curtain walls and a modernist bent.
    — Stefanos Chen, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2017
  • The only thicker curtain wall is at the U.S. Embassy in London.
    — Julia Ries, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The two-story, circular structure features a glass curtain wall and a ramp that winds up to a rooftop sanctuary plaza.
    — cleveland.com, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Carpenter restored the stone curtain wall of the landmark building.
    — Vanessa Lawrence, ELLE Decor, 24 Oct. 2019
  • On floors closest to the train level, the curtain wall will have a 40 OITC rating, which stands for outdoor/indoor transmission class.
    — Jane Margolies, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2020
  • The Hallidie Building, built in 1917, was the first American skyscraper to feature a glass curtain wall.
    — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2021
  • This won’t happen, engineers say, because towers are clad in panels that form what is known as a curtain wall.
    — John King, SFChronicle.com, 15 Oct. 2019
  • The upscale office space will have a three-story glass curtain wall and a two-story atrium with a steel and glass staircase, officials said.
    — Gloria Casas, chicagotribune.com, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Greenery sways on every jumbotron and curtain wall, to a soundtrack of digital chirps.
    — Dystopias Aug. 8, Curbed, 8 Aug. 2022
  • One of the first changes: The owners segregated the connecting hallway between the public dining area and private ballroom with a curtain wall.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Zito noted the design features a large glass curtain wall that wraps around the entrance to the facility as well as large windows, allowing light to filter in.
    — Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Also, give the illusion of more space than what actually exists: hang your curtains wall-to-wall, stack all of your books in one corner, and buy artwork that moves you beyond the confines of your walls.
    — Jen Derose, House Beautiful, 30 Nov. 2013
  • 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.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Daniel Antonellis, a spokesman for Suffolk Construction, said a curtain wall embed measuring 12 inches wide fell from the construction project site and struck a car.
    — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The curtain wall, which can be illuminated with different color combinations, is meant to pique the interest of passersby and open the arena up to the city that surrounds it.
    — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Very few modern buildings, save those designed by Louis Kahn or Rafael Moneo, will look good as ruins (and nobody really knows what the life span of glass curtain wall construction is).
    — David Netto, Town & Country, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Designer Peter Dunham created a custom curtain wall and installed bedside sconces to give this small bedroom a regal feel.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 16 Dec. 2022
  • 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.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2021
  • This is mostly thanks to architecture's next major technological shift: the curtain wall.
    — Oscar Holland, CNN, 23 Apr. 2021
  • These allowed enormous lightweight curtain walls of identical elements, whether of glass, aluminum, or thin stone, mounted to the structural elements, giving buildings a much lighter and different look.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Designed by Lloyd Jones Brewer, the contemporary style building has recessed balconies and a curved curtain wall on the corners, which would be expensive to duplicate today, according to Zabaneh.
    — Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle, 1 June 2020
  • When initial renderings of its renovation were released in 2017, preservationists were almost unanimously opposed to the proposal to replace the stone cladding on the lower floors with a glass-curtain wall.
    — Diana Budds, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2022
  • While concentrating on soaring curtain walls, swooping concrete and masses of stone in the city, Belluschi also created a midcentury modern masterpiece on the top of a knoll looking out toward the valley in Yamhill.
    — Janet Eastman, oregonlive.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • And chandeliers in the towering corridor hugging the center’s curtain wall cast the silhouettes of milling theatergoers onto the glowing marble, summoning the neighborhood back to life.
    — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The facade’s unusual perforated stone screen wraps the main building’s exterior and is supported by an aluminum curtain wall — Ms. Lin said it was inspired by microscopic views of bone structure.
    — Noel Rubinton, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Hidden from the street, facing a small internal garden on the east side of the Hunt Building, is a two-story glass curtain wall, articulated by vertical fins, that encloses a large foyer and majestically frames Lemmon’s sanctuary building.
    — Dallas News, 5 Jan. 2022
  • The original design also included vertical sun shades integrated into the curtain wall system.
    — Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • None of the 21 companies on the development team — engineers, curtain wall consultants, architects, elevator specialists — had black ownership or black executives in leadership, according to a November review of company websites.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2017

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