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  1. A curtainwall in a building, is an external,
  2. lightweight, non-loadbearing wall (either
  3. glazing or cladding) that is hung from a 
  4. metal frame rather than built up from the
  5. ground like a brickwall, the framework it 
  6. shields is usually of concrete or steel.
  7. Curtain walls are typically used in 
  8. high-rise blocks.
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  10. Subject by: Mervin Dykes
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