Skyscraper Unit Vocabulary

a long, sturdy piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground and used to support something

• Lintel

• Facade

• Curtain Wall

• Post

a thin framed wall which does not support the loads of the building

• Lintel

• Facade

• Curtain Wall

• Post

the face of a building, especially the front that looks onto a street or open space

• Lintel

• Facade

• Curtain Wall

• Post

a horizontal support across the top of a door or window

• Lintel

• Facade

• Curtain Wall

• Post

to make or construct something by fitting parts together OR the internal structure of a building

• Framing

• Shear

• Torsion

• Facade

the action of twisting or the state of being twisted

• Framing

• Shear

• Torsion

• Facade

a strain in a structure produced by lateral (side to side) pressure

• Framing

• Shear

• Torsion

• Facade