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    The curtain wall is the element on which, if you ore not doing things right, everybody can get hurt. One of the most catastrophic curtain wall failures occurred in 1973, when 75-mile wind gusts caused more than 65 500-1b glass panels to shatter and fall. To earn one AINCES learning Unit, answer the questions on page 219, then follow the reporting instructions on page 268.

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    The curtain wall is the element on which, if you ore not doing things right, everybody can get hurt. One of the most catastrophic curtain wall failures occurred in 1973, when 75-mile wind gusts caused more than 65 500-1b glass panels to shatter and fall. To earn one AINCES learning Unit, answer the questions on page 219, then follow the reporting instructions on page 268.

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    Architecture Envelope

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    The curtain wall is the element on which, if you ore not doing things right, everybody can get hurt. One of the most catastrophic curtain wall failures occurred in 1973, when 75-mile wind gusts caused more than 65 500-1b glass panels to shatter and fall. To earn one AINCES learning Unit, answer the questions on page 219, then follow the reporting instructions on page 268.

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    ei AIMARCHITECTURAL RECORD “ASS CONTINUING EDUCATION Series ADVERTISEMENT VISTAWALL GROUP usw eeesens Architectural Aluminum Curtain Wall Systems The curtain wall is the element of a project on which, if you are not doing things right, everybody can get hur... WALTER SCARBOROUGH, HKS INC Omer ee erst lee eee ‘wen, during construction of Boston's John Hancock Building, designed by Henry Cobb of then ML Pe & Partners (now Pei Cabb Freed & Partners), 75-mile wind gusts caused more than 68 500-Ib lass panel to shatter and fal, ‘More panels broke and fin the Following months and, ultimately ll 10,344 panels on the sixty story building were replaced, a «cost of $7 million. Inthe interim, exterior openings were covered wth plywood, leading othe joke in Boston thatthe Hancock Tower should be renamed the US. Plywood Building. CONTINUING EDUCATION 7, Use the learning abjtives Below to focus study os you read Arcitectural Aluminum | “+oRSML Curtain Wal Systems, To earn one ‘AIAICES Learning Unit including one hou of healt eafty well credit, answer the questions ‘on page 21, then flaw the reporting instructions Jokes ae, Nicholas byumoy research dietor forthe Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory at ‘on page 268 or go to the Continuing Education the University of Western Ontario, says engineers learned fiom the experience that they must pay section on archrecrdconsruction.com and follow | attention tothe effects of wind no only onthe structure, but aio on the nonstructural adding, the reporting instructions, especialy when tha kin of alumina or reflective ls. foreeterenies Despite the ocesonal alam the idea ofan all-glass skin resaned perhaps the mort persistent Se pg Th cree eed ee curtain wall theme ofthe 20th entry Starting with small metal window systems containing relatively * understand he proper epplceions of ercitecrra) | sll gl pants, and moving toward ager gasses with smaller malon profiles, the most luo carta wal sens to bes et code technically advanced glass wal ofthe recent pat managed to slinat mulions ently by wing the Pope dase elf aeaeructral materia ring on structural saan joins or pinning the lao elegantly. + havea reterunderanding of ew echnaogies Sealed lightweight sel sub-sractres. don er advancements in acitetura buninum In the 2ist-centary. the emphasis of curtain wall and slope wall manufacturers i on more highly carta wall yen. ‘weather resistant packages with heightened energy eficeny, using more durable and long lasting + Recogize nusty standart in product testingand | soaerias and fines, reylable materials, Gls lazing, lng thought to be aiding’ weak ink with lesion of acer buna fing yams. | regi to energy perfomance, now rivals insulated walls in abit to maintain a desired interior Architectural Alina Curtain Wall Sto, as AIAJARCHITECTURAL RECORD CONTINUING EDUCATION Series (One PRG Pe, Fg PA ein Bare rch with Pil Joon climate while reflecting unwanted effects ofthe sun. Todays walls are mare sophisticated in every respect. “Today” says Carl Wagus, technical director for the American Architectural “Manufacturers Associaton, “we are working on test methods for evaluating the performance of thermally breken aluminum—we ve already developed a series of standards fr evaluating thermal barriers structurally The movement to "green? sehitecure has meant that structural systems are being asked to support more materia, Including sun shades and lish shelves. “Our systems ate being ese structurally ight now” saysthe director of the curtain wall division of one manutac turer. “Architectral firms say 40 percent of what they are

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