About the author  ⁄ Chuck Knickerbocker

Chuck Knickerbocker is the curtain wall manager for Technical Glass Products (TGP), a supplier of fire-rated glass and framing systems, along with other specialty architectural glazing products. Mr. Knickerbocker chairs the Glass Association of North America (GANA) Building Envelope Contractors (BEC) Division Technical Committee. He can be contacted at chuckk@tgpamerica.com.

Advanced Steel Curtain Walls Provide Enduring Beauty

When San Francisco’s Hallidie Building opened in 1918, its seven-story glass and steel skin launched the era of glass curtain walls. Using the strength of reinforced concrete and structural steel, the building team suspended the glass panes in a steel framing grid to create the illusion of a floating wall.

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