screen wall

screen wall

A movable or fixed device, especially a framed construction designed to divide, conceal, or protect, but not to support.

serpentine wall

A wall with a plan in the shape of a wavy line with alternating arcs of circles.

shear wall

A wall that resists shear forces in its own plane due to wind or earthquake forces.

spandrel wall

A wall built on the extrados of an arch, filling the spandrels.
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pierced wall, perforated wall, screen wall

A nonbearing masonry wall in which an ornamental pierced effect is achieved by alternating rectangular or shaped blocks with open spaces.

screen wall

A screen of some solidity as differing from one which is pierced, esp. in the intercolumniations of a colonnade. Also see pierced wall.
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Set against the rigour of the orthogonal storage areas, the foyer offers a dramatically dynamic sequence of entrance and circulation areas, as residual spaces between the angular white screen wall, balcony edges and staircase contort and taper, rise and fall.
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Spector's design for the downtown loft featured an Erwin Hauer modular screen wall of cast gypsum cement panels, faux concrete Viroc feature wall, ceilings with recessed lighting, and an ecosmart fireplace.
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