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A.O. Smith Research Building

building, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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use of curtain wall

  • construction of apartment buildings
    In construction: Use of steel and other metals

    …glass curtain wall was the A.O. Smith Research Building (1928) in Milwaukee by Holabird and Root; in it the glass was held by aluminum frames, an early use of this metal in buildings. But these were rare examples, and it was not until the development of air conditioning, fluorescent lighting,…

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