As a rule, designing your preferable custom curtain walls can be a complex task in a building project. The level of complexity is typically driven by your goals, constraints, and performance objectives. Similar to what a designer must consider with a standard system, performance criteria such as wind loads, wind-driven rain resistance, and therm...

In the real life, you may have at one point heard either term, “storefront” or “curtain wall” in relation to a building, the facade of a building, or as a term being thrown around by architects or project managers involved in your real estate project. Did you know what it meant? Do you know the difference between the two things? Here, we would l...

In the modern curtain wall building construction, each glazing system requires careful integration with other adjacent structural elements such as wall claddings, roofs, and wall details. Aluminum curtain wall system has been widely used both in commercial and residential buildings for a long time. Especially aluminum framed glass wall systems a...

For modern building construction, complex high-value projects are often prestigious due to curtain wall playing an important part in the image of the building. Furthermore, commercial curtain wall buildings can often enhance the appearance of companies inside. While for the residential accommodation, types of curtain wall system have been increa...

As a rule, the primary purpose of a curtain wall system is to protect the building against the exterior natural elements such as sun exposure, temperature changes, earthquake, rain, and wind. This protection can be separated into two major categories, namely structural safety and interior environmental control. The structural safety problems inc...