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2. Architectural Glass and Aluminum - Wikipedia

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   Architectural Glass and Aluminum (AGA) is a specialty glazing contractor located in the United States. Architectural Glass & Aluminum provides engineering, design, fabrication, installation, and assembly services for custom glazing systems, such as Curtain Wall , Storefront, Punched Openings, and Window Wall.

3. Smart glass - Wikipedia

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   Applied to the glass enclosure of a conference room. When the glass is transparent, one can see into or out of the room, and when it is non-transparent it can be used as a projection screen. Energy-saving function of glass curtain wall; Indoor decoration of residence: Lighting cover glass curtain, sunshine house, living room and bathroom ...

4. Curtain wall (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   Curtain walls may be designed as "systems" integrating frame, wall panel, and weatherproofing materials. Steel frames have largely given way to aluminum extrusions. Glass is typically used for infill because it can reduce construction costs, provide an architecturally pleasing look, and allow natural light to penetrate deeper within the building.

5. Double-skin facade - Wikipedia

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   His idea, which he called mur neutralisant (neutralizing wall), involved the insertion of heating/cooling pipes between large layers of glass. Such a system was employed in his Villa Schwob ( La Chaux-de-Fonds , Switzerland, 1916), and proposed for several other projects, including the League of Nations competition (1927), Centrosoyuz building ...

6. Duct (flow) - Wikipedia

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   When the system is designed with a main duct branching into many subsidiary branch ducts, fittings called take-offs allow a small portion of the flow in the main duct to be diverted into each branch duct. Take-offs may be fitted into round or rectangular openings cut into the wall of the main duct.

7. Central Park Tower - Wikipedia

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   Central Park Tower is a residential supertall skyscraper at 225 West 57th Street, along Billionaires' Row, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S. Designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, the building rises 1,550 feet (472.4 m) with 98 above-ground stories and three basement stories, although the top story is numbered 136.