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The Encyclopedia of the Façade Industry
1,374 terms · 7 fields · updated regularly · free & open
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From the metal in the mullion to the customs code on the crate — the whole façade world, indexed.

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Materials & Components

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Systems

Curtain walls, windows, doors, cladding, shading and roofing.

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Engineering & Performance

Façade engineering, processes, building physics and testing.

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Trade, Customs & Logistics

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Curtain wall

A non-structural outer covering of a building, typically of aluminium framing and glass, that keeps weather out and people in — while carrying only its own weight and transferring wind and seismic loads back to the structural floors.

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01Technical TerminologyGlossary — 1,374 façade terms, A–Z & live searchOpen →↗ 02Project Management DictionaryDictionary — the vocabulary of running façade projectsOpen →↗ 03Detail BankLibrary — filterable façade construction detailsOpen →↗ 04Be Practical & UseTool — gravities, sheet weights, glass combos, densitiesOpen →↗ 05Container DimensionsTool — 20'/40'/HC sizes, door openings, payloadsOpen →↗ 06Get News & Be UpdatedTool — live FX, metals & crypto for façade tradeOpen →↗
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Technical Terminology

1,374 façade terms — searchable, EN reference glossary.

Project Management Dictionary

The vocabulary of running façade projects, defined.

Detail Bank

A filterable library of façade construction details.

Be Practical & Use

Metal gravities, sheet weights, glass combos, densities.

Be Fast & Convert

Length, area, volume, weight, force, temperature.

Container Dimensions

20'/40'/HC internal sizes, door openings, payloads.

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