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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

In their modern form, as structural ‘skeleton’ for a building, steel frames achieved great prevalence in twentieth-century architecture, a position they continue to hold today.

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