Glass and aluminum skyscrapers were relatively new ... Glass and extruded aluminum typically form the curtain wall, while steel and concrete are the characteristic structural materials.

and becoming the city’s first skyscraper. Designed by Bates, Smart & McCutcheon, its glass 'curtain wall' earned it the nickname Glass House. Now known as Orica House, it’s listed on Australia ...

The twin towers of the World Trade Center, among the best known buildings in the world, represent only one step in the century-long evolution of skyscrapers ... bronze-tinted glass), by the ...