Architectural engineering. With special reference to high building construction, including many examples of Chicago office buildings (1895)
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simpler,however, due to the plainer characterof the wall, and to their usual de-crease in thickness as compared tothe exterior walls. A glazed brick iscommonly employed, to reflect allpossible light, while the sill-courses,etc., are of terra-cotta as before. A section of the court wall in… … io8 ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING. window, a feature which has certainly become very promi-nent in modern office-building and hotel design. As in the ordinary spandrel section, the material for
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