What are the differences between windows and curtains in architectural design?
Curtain wall relative to the main structure can be displaced, that is, in-plane deformation performance, the window is not.
From the structure that is completely different, the window is directly fixed with the fixed window to the upper and lower sides of the hole; curtain wall is through the buried, corner code, keel and other hanging on the wall, the curtain walls are generally cross-layer.
The structure of the curtain wall can be seismic, the window can not.
The window is always included in the external walls of the hole, if the hole cross-layer, the window will cross the layer, that is, you said the window.
The curtain wall is located outside the wall, itself instead of the wall function, so called the curtain "wall".
The window is through the wall, between the walls, in the form of glass windows as part of the wall, usually in the room; and the curtain wall is in the building periphery, usually outside the wall as the main body, and then have their own integrity Steel structure, force analysis, etc.!
