Archives For November 30, 1999

An aedicule is an architectural frame set into a wall, deployed to indicate a shrine in a sacred building, draw attention to a particular work of art or provide additional surface variegation.

Palladio’s Teatro Olimpico

Palladio’s Teatro Olimpico

Definition of aedicule

A hidden-frame curtain wall is a type of glass curtain wall where the glass panes are set into a regular steel frame in a way that largely obscures the frame.

Renzo Piano's Shard

London Shard by Renzo Piano

Definition of hidden-frame curtain wall