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ribbon windows

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ribbon windows [′rib·ən ‚win·dōz]
(architecture)
Windows in a continuous horizontal band.


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Especially in the ribbon windows that stretch along its facade, it recalls those rounded hard-core Modernist buildings that were once radical, in the days of Eric Mendelsohn early in the 20th century or of Oscar Niemeyer's work in Sao Paolo at the middle of the century.
The modernist inventory of ribbon windows and flat roofs are not engineer-derived; there is no intrinsic way to use the new artificial materials, steel and reinforced concrete, in the ways there are in respect of timber and masonry.
The remodeled property features several amenities, such as a day care center and outdoor play area for up to 50 children, a fitness Center, a full-service cafeteria, a pond with cascading waterfalls as the centerpiece of the new landscaping, an outdoor picnic area, new clear glass ribbon windows from desk height to the 9-foot high ceilings, covered executive parking, new lobbies and rest rooms.
 
 
 
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