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Architectural elements > Walls > Curtain walls, nonbearing walls

Preferred term

Curtain walls, nonbearing walls  

Definition

  • Nonbearing walls supported by the members of a rigid frame structure, such as a reinforced concrete or steel frame, and therefore serving to enclose but not to support [AAT 94]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Enclosure walls
  • NONBEARING WALLS, CURTAIN WALLS
  • WALLS, CURTAIN, NONBEARING WALLS
  • Window walls

Notation

  • 112547

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-N7TRS44G-5

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