Semi-curtain wall

Finnish translation: verhoseinä

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English term or phrase:Semi-curtain wall
Finnish translation:verhoseinä
Entered by: Marie Winerfeldt

15:39 Feb 10, 2010
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Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
English term or phrase: Semi-curtain wall
A structure resembling a curtain wall, an outer covering of a building in which the outer walls are non-structural merely keeping out the weather
Marie Winerfeldt
Estonia
Local time: 17:22
verhoseinä
Explanation:
Whether curtain wall or semi-curtain wall, there appears to be no real difference in my opinion. Term "verhoseinä" would refer to that part of the building covered by the term.
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Desmond O'Rourke
United States
Local time: 11:22
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semi-curtain wall
verhoseinä


Explanation:
Whether curtain wall or semi-curtain wall, there appears to be no real difference in my opinion. Term "verhoseinä" would refer to that part of the building covered by the term.

Desmond O'Rourke
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Local time: 11:22
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