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| This paper sheds some light on the challenges to build with high performing glazing façade systems (originally called curtain wall systems) while efficiently utilising resources and reducing its manufacturing embodied carbon.
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A Novel, Demountable Structural Glass System Out of Dry-Assembly, Interlocking Cast Glass Components
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