The Curtain and the Wall: A Modern Journey Along Europe's Cold War Border

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Justin Schlosberg, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Iain Dale Chaired by Stephen Law Oxford Debate. Is Our Press Free . . . To Lie and Manipulate? SOLD OUT Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 4:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event For the defensive walls around castles and towns, see Curtain wall (fortification). A building project in Wuhan China, visibly demonstrating the relationship between the inner load-bearing structure and an exterior glass curtain wall Curtain walls are also used on residential structures Some of the first curtain walls were made with steel mullions, and the polished plate glass was attached to the mullions with asbestos- or fiberglass-modified glazing compound. Eventually silicone sealants or glazing tape were substituted for the glazing compound. Some designs included an outer cap to hold the glass in place and to protect the integrity of the seals. The first curtain wall installed in New York City, in the United Nations Secretariat Building ( Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1952), was this type of construction. Earlier modernist examples are the Bauhaus in Dessau (1926) and the Hallidie Building in San Francisco (1918).

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This system is on-trend and is an architectural choice for many new buildings rising in big cities. Here are a few reasons why. The advantages of curtain walls Curtain walling is lightweight Tanya Goodin and Rory Cellan-Jones Switching off and Switching in: Living in the Digital Age Trinity College: Garden Room Levine Building 12:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event What have they left in their wake?In a major new book, Timothy Phillips travels the route of the Iron Curtain from deep inside the Arctic Circle to the meeting point of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey. At each stop, he catalogues more of the continent’s turbulent history, from the various wars and annexations to daring stories of escape and cultural obliteration. He relates conversations with ordinary people who lived in the vast shadow of the Iron Curtain. Their recollections make it plain that Cold War battle lines were not as clear-cut as each side’s propaganda implied.

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Alexander Stoddart Interviewed by Gregory Platten Art and Christianity Weston Lecture Theatre 4:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures," American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005; Chapter 6 The Oxford festival is the most elegant and atmospheric of literary festivals. It’s a pleasure to both attend and perform there. Every literary festival stays in an author’s mind for slightly individual reasons. I shall remember the Oxford festival for:History [ edit ] Built in 1864, Oriel Chambers, Liverpool, England, the first building featuring a metal-framed glass curtain wall 16 Cook Street, Liverpool, 1866. Extensive use is made of floor-to-ceiling glass, enabling light to penetrate deeper into the building, thus maximizing floor space. Glass curtain wall of the Bauhaus Dessau, 1926 We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin. Infill refers to the large panels that are inserted into the curtain wall between mullions. Infills are typically glass but may be made up of nearly any exterior building element. Some common infills include metal panels, louvers, and photovoltaic panels. Infills are also referred to as spandrels or spandrel panels. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's curtain wall is one of the most important aspect of his architectural design. Mies first began prototyping the curtain wall in his high-rise residential building designs along Chicago's lakeshore, achieving the look of a curtain wall at 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments. He finally perfected the curtain wall at 900–910 Lake Shore Drive, where the curtain is an autonomous aluminum and glass skin. After 900–910, Mies's curtain wall appeared on all of his subsequent high-rise building designs, including the Seagram Building in New York. Where the maximum calculated design wind pressure is above 2400 pascals, the test pressure should be increased to 0.25 x the design wind pressure.