Glass curtain wall refers to the external protective structure or decorative structure of the building, which can be displaced relative to the main structure through the supporting structure system without sharing the role of the main structure.
There are two kinds of walls: single-layer and double-layer glass. Glass curtain wall is a beautiful and novel way of building wall decoration, which is a remarkable feature in the era of modernist high-rise buildings.
Advantages:
Glass curtain wall is a new type of contemporary wall, which endows architecture with the greatest characteristics of organic unity of architectural aesthetics, architectural function, architectural energy saving and architectural structure. Buildings present different colors from different angles, and with the changes of sunlight, moonlight and lighting, they give people a dynamic aesthetic feeling.
Magnificent glass curtain wall buildings have been built in major cities on all continents, such as New York World Trade Center, Chicago Petroleum Building and Sears Building. The Bank of China Building in Hong Kong, Beijing Great Wall Hotel and Shanghai Lianyi Building have also been adopted.
Reflective insulating glass is 6 mm thick, and the weight of the wall is about 50kg/㎡, which has the advantages of lightness, beauty, less pollution and energy saving. The inner side of the outer glass of the curtain wall is coated with colored metal coating, and the whole outer wall looks like a mirror in appearance.
The scenery of the sky and the surrounding environment are reflected in it. When the light changes, the image is rich in color and varied. Under the reflection of light, the room is not exposed to strong light and the vision is soft. China 1983 was first adopted in the Great Wall Hotel project.
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