The here presented paper deals with a case study of fa?ade structural design for the extension of Aspire Academy in Doha Qatar. Different curtain walls using stick system for various spans and heights were designed. All the external curtain walls are subjected to a wind load of 2.3 KPa as per the project specification. Double glazed units are considered for the curtain walls. The building has a curved elevation on the East and West side where stick curtain wall system is considered and the analysis and design is presented in this paper. The mullions of the curtain walls are curved member along the strong axis having high inertia which conventionally was not possible to achieve such section with a normal extruded profile; hence Aluminium sheets were cut in curved shapes to form the desired shape. The transoms are conventional extruded profile of the same depth as those of the mullions. The paper addresses some technical issues together with the design of the curtain wall that are believed to be useful for the fa?ade structural design.
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