1. Context
This document will therefore only deal with the new standards. Anteriority, i.e. history, is covered in Box 1.
The term "mur-rideau" (curtain wall) was actually coined in France around 1936 by the architects Beaudoin and Lods and the great French engineer Jean Prouvé, to design the metal facades of the Rolland Garros club in Buc and the multi-purpose covered market in Clichy. This technique was particularly developed after the Second World War, thanks to the industrialization techniques perfected by Jean Prouvé. The aim was to manufacture and install finished elements industrially in factories.
For many years, therefore, this technique was reserved for relatively large and capable companies.
In the early days of curtain walling, steel was...
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Context
Standards and norms
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Curtain wall design documents
- Curtain walls – Product standard. - NF EN 13830 -
- Terminologie . - NF EN 13119 -
- Curtain walls, semi-curtain walls, panel façades – CLA – CGM – CCS – 1- Technical specifications – 2- General material selection criteria – 3- Special clauses – 4- Maintenance information appendix. - DTU 33.1 P 28-002 indice 1 à 3 -
- Tolérances...
Regulations
Article 111.15 of the French Construction and Housing Code.
Article 5 Circulaire du 13/12/1982 relative à la sécurité des personnes en cas de travaux de réhabilitation ou d'amélioration des bâtiments d'habitation existants.
DRT circular no. 95-07 of 14/4/1995 on workplaces. This text specifies, among other things, the need to use safety glass in doors, adjacent parts, lower...
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Map of France 2005
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Vitrage Décision version 4, CEBTP.
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