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Curtain wall at floor edge.
Section at vertical joint.
The steel structure is used to support the curtain wall at every floor slab.
Hence exterior walls of buildings were no longer required for structural support.
This section shows two different conditions.
Buildings have long been constructed with the exterior walls of the building supporting the load of the entire structure.
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The left side is cut through the spandrel panel.
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The development and widespread use of structural steel and later reinforced concrete allowed relatively small columns to support large loads.