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Record 1 1993-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
  • Types of Constructed Works
CONT

In high-rise building constructions, concrete curtain walls are frequently nonstructural.

OBS

See also "high-rise(r)"; "high-rise apartment building" and "tower building".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
  • Types de constructions
CONT

Figure 1 - Building Seagram de New York. Il offre l'image caractéristique d'une construction «vers le ciel». La poussée démographique urbaine et le coût élevé des terrains ont consacré le succès des gratte-ciel.

Spanish

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