Taking the strain

By Jes Fernie and Jes Fernie Jes Fernie2006-07-14T00:00:00

Load-bearing facades have never quite gone away, but they may now be giving curtain walls a run for their money. Jes Fernie looks at buildings that bear their structure on their sleeves

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